diff --git a/io_scene_obj/import_obj.py b/io_scene_obj/import_obj.py
index c120e540aab55d390bb0694180da46ae0c3bade6..c4275606789cb84560f84709ae71617f26a29fde 100644
--- a/io_scene_obj/import_obj.py
+++ b/io_scene_obj/import_obj.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def create_materials(filepath, relpath,
 
         curr_token = []
         for token in img_data[:-1]:
-            if token.startswith(b'-'):
+            if token.startswith(b'-') and token[1:].isalpha():
                 if curr_token:
                     map_options[curr_token[0]] = curr_token[1:]
                 curr_token[:] = []