diff --git a/src/input_xml.F90 b/src/input_xml.F90
index b4f5a4cfc5..76b5e76a16 100644
--- a/src/input_xml.F90
+++ b/src/input_xml.F90
@@ -2920,7 +2920,7 @@ contains
           end select
 
           ! Append the score to the list of possible trigger scores
-          call trigger_scores % add_key(trim(score_name), l)
+          if (trigger_on) call trigger_scores % add_key(trim(score_name), l)
 
         end do
         t % n_score_bins = n_scores