diff --git a/sync-jira/src/main/kotlin/gropius/sync/jira/JiraDataService.kt b/sync-jira/src/main/kotlin/gropius/sync/jira/JiraDataService.kt
index 4d9d5aad..6af02ca3 100644
--- a/sync-jira/src/main/kotlin/gropius/sync/jira/JiraDataService.kt
+++ b/sync-jira/src/main/kotlin/gropius/sync/jira/JiraDataService.kt
@@ -109,9 +109,13 @@ class JiraDataService(
      * @param imsProject The IMSProject to work with
      * @return the IssueType
      */
-    suspend fun issueType(imsProject: IMSProject): IssueType {
+    suspend fun issueType(imsProject: IMSProject, name: String): IssueType {
         val template = issueTemplate(imsProject)
         val imsProjectConfig = IMSProjectConfig(helper, imsProject)
+        val namedType = template.issueTypes().firstOrNull { it.name == name }
+        if (namedType != null) {
+            return namedType
+        }
         if (imsProjectConfig.defaultType != null) {
             val type = neoOperations.findById<IssueType>(imsProjectConfig.defaultType)
             if ((type != null) && (type.partOf().contains(template))) {
diff --git a/sync-jira/src/main/kotlin/gropius/sync/jira/JiraSync.kt b/sync-jira/src/main/kotlin/gropius/sync/jira/JiraSync.kt
index 885f0a16..89b1b4bd 100644
--- a/sync-jira/src/main/kotlin/gropius/sync/jira/JiraSync.kt
+++ b/sync-jira/src/main/kotlin/gropius/sync/jira/JiraSync.kt
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ final class JiraSync(
     override suspend fun fetchData(imsProjects: List<IMSProject>) {
         for (imsProject in imsProjects) {
             jiraDataService.issueTemplate(imsProject)
-            jiraDataService.issueType(imsProject)
+            jiraDataService.issueType(imsProject, "")
             jiraDataService.issueState(imsProject, null, true)
             jiraDataService.issueState(imsProject, null, false)
         }
diff --git a/sync-jira/src/main/kotlin/gropius/sync/jira/model/IssueData.kt b/sync-jira/src/main/kotlin/gropius/sync/jira/model/IssueData.kt
index 35ecf263..f49183ee 100644
--- a/sync-jira/src/main/kotlin/gropius/sync/jira/model/IssueData.kt
+++ b/sync-jira/src/main/kotlin/gropius/sync/jira/model/IssueData.kt
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ data class IssueData(
         issue.state().value = jiraService.issueState(imsProject, null, true)
         issue.template().value = jiraService.issueTemplate(imsProject)
         issue.trackables() += jiraService.neoOperations.findAll(Project::class.java).awaitFirst()
-        issue.type().value = jiraService.issueType(imsProject)
+        issue.type().value =
+            jiraService.issueType(imsProject, fields["issuetype"]?.jsonObject?.get("name")?.jsonPrimitive?.content!!)
         return issue
     }
 }