diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4a6e8abbe0..e30752dfd6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ v2.1.0 (XXXX-XX-XX)
 * removed arangod command line option `--database.remove-on-compacted`
 
 
+v2.0.1 (XXXX-XX-XX)
+-------------------
+
+* when creating a collection via the web interface, the collection type was always 
+  "document", regardless of the user's choice
+
+
 v2.0.0 (2014-03-10)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/js/actions/api-collection.js b/js/actions/api-collection.js
index 44104dc91e..e8f93cb397 100644
--- a/js/actions/api-collection.js
+++ b/js/actions/api-collection.js
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ function post_api_collection (req, res) {
   try {
     var collection;
     if (typeof(r.type) === "string") {
-      if (r.type.toLowerCase() === "edge") {
+      if (r.type.toLowerCase() === "edge" || r.type === "3") {
         r.type = arangodb.ArangoCollection.TYPE_EDGE;
       }
     }
diff --git a/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/collections/arangoCollections.js b/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/collections/arangoCollections.js
index b7b8c05c94..e68e4056f6 100644
--- a/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/collections/arangoCollections.js
+++ b/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/collections/arangoCollections.js
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
         data.name = collName;
         data.waitForSync = wfs;
         data.isSystem = isSystem;
-        data.type = collType;
+        data.type = parseInt(collType, 10);
         if (shards) {
           data.numberOfShards = shards;
           data.shardKeys = keys;