diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75e1f4c..79a0541 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ As this project is a user-facing application, the places in the semantic version
 - Extracted the concept of a Resource as a supertype of Corpus, in preparation for adding the Metadata resource type [#145](https://github.com/spraakbanken/mink-frontend/issues/145)
 - Source text file content now look the same as log output
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Missing `type` in store caused new corpus form to crash
+
 ## [1.3.0] (2024-02-12)
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/corpus/createCorpus.composable.ts b/src/corpus/createCorpus.composable.ts
index 9a486b5..bbe24ad 100644
--- a/src/corpus/createCorpus.composable.ts
+++ b/src/corpus/createCorpus.composable.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ export default function useCreateCorpus() {
     const corpusId = await mink.createCorpus().catch(alertError);
     if (!corpusId) return undefined;
 
-    return await addNewResource(corpusId);
+    await addNewResource("corpus", corpusId);
+    return corpusId;
   }
 
   async function createFromUpload(files: FileList) {
diff --git a/src/metadata/CreateMetadata.vue b/src/metadata/CreateMetadata.vue
index 8994707..dbb48b1 100644
--- a/src/metadata/CreateMetadata.vue
+++ b/src/metadata/CreateMetadata.vue
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ async function submit(fields: Form) {
     .catch(alertError);
   if (!resourceId) return;
 
-  await addNewResource(resourceId);
+  await addNewResource("metadata", resourceId);
 
   router.push(`/library/metadata/${resourceId}`);
 }
diff --git a/src/resource/createResource.composable.ts b/src/resource/createResource.composable.ts
index 8f91274..9c539f7 100644
--- a/src/resource/createResource.composable.ts
+++ b/src/resource/createResource.composable.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { ResourceType } from "@/api/api.types";
 import { useAuth } from "@/auth/auth.composable";
 import { useResourceStore } from "@/store/resource.store";
 
@@ -5,15 +6,19 @@ export default function useCreateResource() {
   const { refreshJwt } = useAuth();
   const resourceStore = useResourceStore();
 
-  async function addNewResource(resourceId: string) {
+  /**
+   * Register a newly created resource.
+   * @param type The type is necessary for the store's filter getters to include the new object.
+   * @param resourceId The resource id.
+   */
+  async function addNewResource(type: ResourceType, resourceId: string) {
     // Have the new corpus included in further API calls.
     await refreshJwt();
 
     // Adding the new id to store may trigger API calls, so do it after updating the JWT.
-    resourceStore.resources[resourceId] =
-      resourceStore.resources[resourceId] || {};
-
-    return resourceId;
+    if (!(resourceId in resourceStore.resources)) {
+      resourceStore.resources[resourceId] = { type };
+    }
   }
 
   return {