diff --git a/FactorioDataWrapper/src/com/demod/factorio/DataTable.java b/FactorioDataWrapper/src/com/demod/factorio/DataTable.java
index 49d3665..43557aa 100644
--- a/FactorioDataWrapper/src/com/demod/factorio/DataTable.java
+++ b/FactorioDataWrapper/src/com/demod/factorio/DataTable.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public class DataTable {
 	private final Map<String, ItemSubGroupPrototype> itemSubGroups = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 
 	private final Map<String, List<EntityPrototype>> craftingCategories = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+	private final Set<String> characterCraftingCategories = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 
 	private final ListMultimap<String, RecipePrototype> recipesByInput = MultimapBuilder.hashKeys().arrayListValues()
 			.build();
@@ -117,6 +118,12 @@ public DataTable(TypeHierarchy typeHierarchy, LuaTable rawLua, JSONObject exclud
 			});
 		});
 
+		LuaValue characterCraftingCategoriesLua = entities.get("character").lua().get("crafting_categories");
+		if (!characterCraftingCategoriesLua.isnil()) {
+			Utils.forEach(characterCraftingCategoriesLua.checktable(),
+					categoryLua -> characterCraftingCategories.add(categoryLua.tojstring()));
+		}
+
 		for (Map<String, ? extends DataPrototype> protos : Arrays.asList(items, recipes, entities, fluids, technologies,
 				equipments, tiles, achievements, itemGroups, itemSubGroups)) {
 			protos.values().forEach(p -> {
@@ -249,6 +256,10 @@ public Map<String, List<EntityPrototype>> getCraftingCategories() {
 		return craftingCategories;
 	}
 
+	public Set<String> getCharacterCraftingCategories() {
+		return characterCraftingCategories;
+	}
+
 	public FactorioData getData() {
 		return data;
 	}
diff --git a/FactorioDataWrapper/src/com/demod/factorio/prototype/RecipePrototype.java b/FactorioDataWrapper/src/com/demod/factorio/prototype/RecipePrototype.java
index 08ed51c..52ce9d6 100644
--- a/FactorioDataWrapper/src/com/demod/factorio/prototype/RecipePrototype.java
+++ b/FactorioDataWrapper/src/com/demod/factorio/prototype/RecipePrototype.java
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package com.demod.factorio.prototype;
 
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 
+import com.demod.factorio.DataTable;
 import com.demod.factorio.Utils;
 import com.demod.factorio.fakelua.LuaTable;
 import com.demod.factorio.fakelua.LuaValue;
@@ -12,10 +15,11 @@
 public class RecipePrototype extends DataPrototype {
 
 	private final String category;
+	private final Set<String> categories = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 	private final Map<String, Integer> inputs = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 	private final Map<String, Double> outputs = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 	private final double energyRequired;
-	private final boolean handCraftable;
+	private boolean handCraftable;
 	private final boolean recycling;
 
 	public RecipePrototype(LuaTable lua) {
@@ -47,12 +51,14 @@ public RecipePrototype(LuaTable lua) {
 		}
 
 		energyRequired = lua.get("energy_required").optdouble(0.5);
-		category = lua.get("category").optjstring("crafting");
-		// FIXME get these from the character prototype
-		handCraftable = category.equals("crafting") || category.equals("electronics") || category.equals("pressing")
-				|| category.equals("recycling-or-hand-crafing") || category.equals("organic-or-hand-crafing")
-				|| category.equals("organic-or-assembling");
-		recycling = category.equals("recycling");
+		LuaValue categoriesLua = lua.get("categories");
+		if (categoriesLua.isnil()) {
+			categories.add(lua.get("category").optjstring("crafting"));
+		} else {
+			Utils.forEach(categoriesLua.checktable(), categoryLua -> categories.add(categoryLua.tojstring()));
+		}
+		category = categories.iterator().next();
+		recycling = categories.contains("recycling");
 	}
 
 	public String getCategory() {
@@ -79,6 +85,12 @@ public boolean isRecycling() {
 		return recycling;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void setTable(DataTable table) {
+		super.setTable(table);
+		handCraftable = categories.stream().anyMatch(table.getCharacterCraftingCategories()::contains);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();