diff --git a/scripts/commands/database/create.js b/scripts/commands/database/create.js
index ec9e9c558c..d4f54666b8 100644
--- a/scripts/commands/database/create.js
+++ b/scripts/commands/database/create.js
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ async function findStreams() {
   const streams = []
   const files = await file.list(`${options.inputDir}/**/*.m3u`)
   for (const filepath of files) {
-    const items = await parser.parsePlaylist(filepath)
-    for (const item of items) {
+    const playlist = await parser.parsePlaylist(filepath)
+    for (const item of playlist.items) {
       item.filepath = filepath
 
       const stream = store.create()
diff --git a/scripts/commands/playlist/validate.js b/scripts/commands/playlist/validate.js
index 663e73e020..2b1b4badb1 100644
--- a/scripts/commands/playlist/validate.js
+++ b/scripts/commands/playlist/validate.js
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ async function main() {
     const [__, country] = basename.match(/([a-z]{2})(|_.*)\.m3u/i) || [null, null]
 
     const fileLog = []
-    const items = await parser.parsePlaylist(filepath)
-    for (const item of items) {
+    const playlist = await parser.parsePlaylist(filepath)
+    for (const item of playlist.items) {
       if (item.tvg.id && !api.channels.find({ id: item.tvg.id })) {
         fileLog.push({
           type: 'warning',
diff --git a/scripts/core/parser.js b/scripts/core/parser.js
index b54fd8f5a0..ac0e31a728 100644
--- a/scripts/core/parser.js
+++ b/scripts/core/parser.js
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ const parser = {}
 
 parser.parsePlaylist = async function (filepath) {
   const content = await file.read(filepath)
-  const playlist = ipp.parse(content)
 
-  return playlist.items
+  return ipp.parse(content)
 }
 
 parser.parseLogs = async function (filepath) {