diff --git a/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y b/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y
index 446a7b75a..53bd6a6f1 100644
--- a/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y
+++ b/src/dbtools/dbLoadTemplate.y
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ templ_head: DBFILE WORD
 	;
 
 subst: PATTERN pattern subs
+    | PATTERN pattern
     | var_subs
     ;