diff --git a/pubs/bibstruct.py b/pubs/bibstruct.py
index a8312b0..d3e6614 100644
--- a/pubs/bibstruct.py
+++ b/pubs/bibstruct.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from .p3 import ustr, uchr
 
 # Citekey stuff
 
-TYPE_KEY = 'type'
+TYPE_KEY = 'ENTRYTYPE'
 
 CONTROL_CHARS = ''.join(map(uchr, list(range(0, 32)) + list(range(127, 160))))
 CITEKEY_FORBIDDEN_CHARS = '@\'\\,#}{~%/ '  # '/' is OK for bibtex but forbidden
diff --git a/tests/test_endecoder.py b/tests/test_endecoder.py
index d9ade7f..858213f 100644
--- a/tests/test_endecoder.py
+++ b/tests/test_endecoder.py
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ class TestEnDecode(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(bibraw1, bibraw2)
 
+    def test_decode_bibtex_preserves_type_field(self):
+        """Test that multiple encode/decode step preserve data"""
+        decoder = endecoder.EnDecoder()
+        entry = decoder.decode_bibdata(bibtex_raw0)
+        self.assertEqual(entry['Page99']['type'], "technical report")
+
     def test_endecode_bibtex_BOM(self):
         """Test that bibtexparser if fine with BOM-prefixed data"""
         decoder = endecoder.EnDecoder()