diff --git a/lbrynet/daemon/json_response_encoder.py b/lbrynet/daemon/json_response_encoder.py
index b9cb76ab1..8942ccc89 100644
--- a/lbrynet/daemon/json_response_encoder.py
+++ b/lbrynet/daemon/json_response_encoder.py
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ class JSONResponseEncoder(JSONEncoder):
             else:
                 output['type'] = 'basic'
 
+            # deprecated, will be removed after 0.30 release
+            output['category'] = output['type']
+
         return output
 
     def encode_input(self, txi):