diff --git a/src/frontend/inp.c b/src/frontend/inp.c
index 8928e3f93..33f6d106a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inp.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inp.c
@@ -1215,7 +1215,8 @@ dotifeval(struct line *deck)
     char *dottoken;
     char *s, *t;
 
-    for (dd = deck; dd; dd = dd->li_next) {
+    /* skip the first line (title line) */
+    for (dd = deck->li_next; dd; dd = dd->li_next) {
 
         s = t = dd->li_line;