diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/arbitrary/ArbitraryDataCombiner.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/arbitrary/ArbitraryDataCombiner.java
index d181a53c..8366e7b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qortal/arbitrary/ArbitraryDataCombiner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/arbitrary/ArbitraryDataCombiner.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class ArbitraryDataCombiner {
 
     private void process() throws IOException {
         String patchType = metadata.getPatchType();
-        ArbitraryDataMerge merge = new ArbitraryDataMerge(this.pathBefore, this.pathAfter, metadata.getPatchType());
+        ArbitraryDataMerge merge = new ArbitraryDataMerge(this.pathBefore, this.pathAfter, patchType);
         merge.compute();
         this.finalPath = merge.getMergePath();
     }