diff --git a/utils/themeeditor/parsetreenode.cpp b/utils/themeeditor/parsetreenode.cpp
index d3a1a71c93..397031aee1 100644
--- a/utils/themeeditor/parsetreenode.cpp
+++ b/utils/themeeditor/parsetreenode.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ QString ParseTreeNode::genCode() const
     {
         switch(element->type)
         {
-
+        case UNKNOWN:
+            break;
         case VIEWPORT:
             /* Generating the Viewport tag, if necessary */
             if(element->tag)
@@ -263,6 +264,8 @@ int ParseTreeNode::genHash() const
         hash += element->type;
         switch(element->type)
         {
+        case UNKNOWN:
+            break;
         case VIEWPORT:
         case LINE:
         case SUBLINES:
@@ -346,6 +349,8 @@ QVariant ParseTreeNode::data(int column) const
         {
             switch(element->type)
             {
+            case UNKNOWN:
+                return QObject::tr("Unknown");
             case VIEWPORT:
                 return QObject::tr("Viewport");
 
@@ -397,6 +402,7 @@ QVariant ParseTreeNode::data(int column) const
         {
             switch(element->type)
             {
+            case UNKNOWN:
             case VIEWPORT:
             case LINE:
             case SUBLINES:
diff --git a/utils/themeeditor/skin_debug.c b/utils/themeeditor/skin_debug.c
index 9a463c91e6..549f7b9e6c 100644
--- a/utils/themeeditor/skin_debug.c
+++ b/utils/themeeditor/skin_debug.c
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ void skin_debug_tree(struct skin_element* root)
 
         switch(current->type)
         {
+        case UNKNOWN:
+            printf("[ Unknown element.. error\n]");
+            break;
 
         case VIEWPORT:
             printf("[ Viewport \n");
diff --git a/utils/themeeditor/skin_parser.c b/utils/themeeditor/skin_parser.c
index bf7ca8d7f6..93a71919bf 100644
--- a/utils/themeeditor/skin_parser.c
+++ b/utils/themeeditor/skin_parser.c
@@ -860,6 +860,7 @@ struct skin_element* skin_alloc_element()
 {
     struct skin_element* retval =  (struct skin_element*)
                                    skin_alloc(sizeof(struct skin_element));
+    retval->type = UNKNOWN;
     retval->next = NULL;
     retval->tag = NULL;
     retval->params_count = 0;
diff --git a/utils/themeeditor/skin_parser.h b/utils/themeeditor/skin_parser.h
index c15ba9da8d..1fc4a7ae6b 100644
--- a/utils/themeeditor/skin_parser.h
+++ b/utils/themeeditor/skin_parser.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ extern "C"
 /* Possible types of element in a WPS file */
 enum skin_element_type
 {
+    UNKNOWN = -1,
     VIEWPORT,
     LINE,
     SUBLINES,