diff --git a/app/forms/senseware_node.py b/app/forms/senseware_node.py
index b015258960f6271f5caa5faf47a37f62c8340467..34caf8e37646f0213c3f3c7e84ecc290dc79d10e 100644
--- a/app/forms/senseware_node.py
+++ b/app/forms/senseware_node.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class SensewareNodeForm(Form, UserForm):
     space_id = NullableIntegerField(
         validators=[wtf.validators.Optional()]
     )
-    repeater = wtf.BooleanField(
+    node_type = NullableIntegerField(
         validators=[wtf.validators.Optional()]
     )
     surface_type = wtf.StringField(
diff --git a/app/models/senseware_node.py b/app/models/senseware_node.py
index d1c946cbb819cc86731144c77e1df0dbd28a8669..7853d99b148df975930fd3a3831a3032d71cba18 100644
--- a/app/models/senseware_node.py
+++ b/app/models/senseware_node.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class SensewareNode(Model, User, Tracked, db.Model):
     gateway_id = db.Column(db.Integer)
     node_id = db.Column(db.Unicode(30))
     space_id = db.Column(db.Integer)
-    repeater = db.Column(db.Boolean())
+    node_type = db.Column(db.Integer())
     surface_type = db.Column(db.Unicode(50))
     temperature_probe_1 = db.Column(db.Integer)
     temperature_probe_2 = db.Column(db.Integer)