diff --git a/scumm/script.cpp b/scumm/script.cpp
index 891b308a25f..7b7d4098ecf 100644
--- a/scumm/script.cpp
+++ b/scumm/script.cpp
@@ -353,7 +353,9 @@ void ScummEngine::nukeArrays(int script) {
 		return;
 
 	for (i = 1; i < _numArray; i++) {
-		if (_arraySlot[i] == script) {
+		// HACK: for some reason original has script number greater by one
+		// maybe it got increased somewhere else
+		if (_arraySlot[i] == script + 1) {
 			nukeResource(rtString, i);
 			_arraySlot[i] = 0;
 		}