diff --git a/src/becca/entities/rows.ts b/src/becca/entities/rows.ts
index 4428b6dde..4258c3805 100644
--- a/src/becca/entities/rows.ts
+++ b/src/becca/entities/rows.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ export interface BranchRow {
  * end user. Those types should be used only for checking against, they are
  * not for direct use.
  */
-export type NoteType = ("file" | "image" | "search" | "noteMap" | "launcher" | "doc" | "contentWidget" | "text" | "relationMap" | "render" | "canvas" | "mermaid" | "book" | "webView" | "code");
+export const ALLOWED_NOTE_TYPES = [ "file", "image", "search", "noteMap", "launcher", "doc", "contentWidget", "text", "relationMap", "render", "canvas", "mermaid", "book", "webView", "code" ] as const;
+export type NoteType = typeof ALLOWED_NOTE_TYPES[number];
 
 export interface NoteRow {
     noteId: string;
diff --git a/src/services/import/zip.ts b/src/services/import/zip.ts
index 93ccc2da9..203b36442 100644
--- a/src/services/import/zip.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/zip.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import BNote = require('../../becca/entities/bnote');
 import NoteMeta = require('../meta/note_meta');
 import AttributeMeta = require('../meta/attribute_meta');
 import { Stream } from 'stream';
-import { NoteType } from '../../becca/entities/rows';
+import { ALLOWED_NOTE_TYPES, NoteType } from '../../becca/entities/rows';
 
 interface MetaFile {
     files: NoteMeta[]
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ async function importZip(taskContext: TaskContext, fileBuffer: Buffer, importRoo
         if (!parentNoteId) {
             throw new Error("Missing parent note ID.");
         }
-
+        
         const {note} = noteService.createNewNote({
             parentNoteId: parentNoteId,
             title: noteTitle || "",
@@ -462,13 +462,14 @@ async function importZip(taskContext: TaskContext, fileBuffer: Buffer, importRoo
         }
 
         let type = resolveNoteType(noteMeta?.type);
+        console.log("Resolved note type is ", noteMeta?.type, resolveNoteType(noteMeta?.type));
 
         if (type !== 'file' && type !== 'image') {
             content = content.toString("utf-8");
         }
 
         const noteTitle = utils.getNoteTitle(filePath, taskContext.data?.replaceUnderscoresWithSpaces || false, noteMeta);
-
+        
         content = processNoteContent(noteMeta, type, mime, content, noteTitle || "", filePath);
 
         let note = becca.getNote(noteId);
@@ -653,7 +654,11 @@ function resolveNoteType(type: string | undefined): NoteType {
         return 'webView';
     }
 
-    return "text";
+    if (type && (ALLOWED_NOTE_TYPES as readonly string[]).includes(type)) {
+        return type as NoteType;
+    } else {
+        return "text";
+    }
 }
 
 export = {