diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f109fe19b26..6821852a678 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ build.*/
 **/CMakeFiles/
 **/CMakeCache.txt
 supertux2
+
+# Tags file
+tags
+
 # Windows build files
 Debug/
 Release/
diff --git a/data/images/creatures/snowball/snowball.sprite b/data/images/creatures/snowball/snowball.sprite
index 922a256f24d..eaeea91ce83 100644
--- a/data/images/creatures/snowball/snowball.sprite
+++ b/data/images/creatures/snowball/snowball.sprite
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   )
   (action
     (name "right")
-    (hitbox 3 4 32 32)
     (mirror-action "left")
   )
   (action
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@
   )
   (action
     (name "squished-right")
-    (hitbox 1 -19 31.8 31.8)
     (mirror-action "squished-left")
   )
  (action
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@
           "sport-melting-3.png"))
  (action
   (name "melting-right")
-  (hitbox 3 4 32 32)
   (mirror-action "melting-left"))
  (action
   (name "ground-melting-left")
diff --git a/src/sprite/sprite_data.cpp b/src/sprite/sprite_data.cpp
index 0805b569479..21b42fe4545 100644
--- a/src/sprite/sprite_data.cpp
+++ b/src/sprite/sprite_data.cpp
@@ -111,8 +111,25 @@ SpriteData::parse_action(const ReaderMapping& mapping)
         max_h = std::max(max_h, static_cast<float>(surface->get_height()));
         action->surfaces.push_back(surface);
       }
-      if (action->hitbox_w < 1) action->hitbox_w = max_w - action->x_offset;
-      if (action->hitbox_h < 1) action->hitbox_h = max_h - action->y_offset;
+
+      if (action->hitbox_w < 1 && action->hitbox_h < 1)
+      {
+        action->hitbox_w = act_tmp->hitbox_w;
+        action->hitbox_h = act_tmp->hitbox_h;
+        action->x_offset = act_tmp->x_offset;
+        action->y_offset = act_tmp->y_offset;
+      }
+
+      if (!action->has_custom_loops && act_tmp->has_custom_loops)
+      {
+        action->has_custom_loops = act_tmp->has_custom_loops;
+        action->loops = act_tmp->loops;
+      }
+
+      if (action->fps == 0)
+      {
+        action->fps = act_tmp->fps;
+      }
     }
   } else if (mapping.get("clone-action", clone_action)) {
     const auto* act_tmp = get_action(clone_action);