diff --git a/lib/api/v1/articles.rb b/lib/api/v1/articles.rb
index b114d0b..627f123 100644
--- a/lib/api/v1/articles.rb
+++ b/lib/api/v1/articles.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module API
             post do
               community = environment.communities.find(params[:community_id])
               article = community.articles.build(params[:article].merge(:last_changed_by => current_person))
-              article.type= params[:type].nil? ? 'TinyMceArticle' : params[:type]
+              article.type= params[:content_type].nil? ? 'TinyMceArticle' : params[:content_type]
               if !article.save
                 render_api_errors!(article.errors.full_messages)
               end
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