diff --git a/src/becca/entities/rows.ts b/src/becca/entities/rows.ts
index 4258c3805..119d392ec 100644
--- a/src/becca/entities/rows.ts
+++ b/src/becca/entities/rows.ts
@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@ export interface NoteRow {
     dateModified: string;
     utcDateCreated: string;
     utcDateModified: string;
-    content?: string;
+    content?: string | Buffer;
 }
diff --git a/src/services/import/zip.ts b/src/services/import/zip.ts
index 203b36442..f8391350b 100644
--- a/src/services/import/zip.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/zip.ts
@@ -500,10 +500,6 @@ async function importZip(taskContext: TaskContext, fileBuffer: Buffer, importRoo
             }
         }
         else {
-            if (typeof content !== "string") {
-                throw new Error("Incorrect content type.");
-            }
-
             ({note} = noteService.createNewNote({
                 parentNoteId: parentNoteId,
                 title: noteTitle || "",
diff --git a/src/services/note-interface.ts b/src/services/note-interface.ts
index 0b99c31ef..2cfa0b86a 100644
--- a/src/services/note-interface.ts
+++ b/src/services/note-interface.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export interface NoteParams {
     parentNoteId: string;
     templateNoteId?: string;
     title: string;
-    content: string;
+    content: string | Buffer;
     /** text, code, file, image, search, book, relationMap, canvas, webView */
     type: NoteType;
     /** default value is derived from default mimes for type */
diff --git a/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_fulltext.ts b/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_fulltext.ts
index ada9705a2..02626bf16 100644
--- a/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_fulltext.ts
+++ b/src/services/search/expressions/note_content_fulltext.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class NoteContentFulltextExp extends Expression {
         }
 
         if (isProtected) {
-            if (!protectedSessionService.isProtectedSessionAvailable() || !content) {
+            if (!protectedSessionService.isProtectedSessionAvailable() || !content || typeof content !== "string") {
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class NoteContentFulltextExp extends Expression {
             }
         }
 
-        if (!content) {
+        if (!content || typeof content !== "string") {
             return;
         }