diff --git a/src/rust/service_item_model.rs b/src/rust/service_item_model.rs
index 97cb176..52d5b82 100644
--- a/src/rust/service_item_model.rs
+++ b/src/rust/service_item_model.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ mod service_item_model {
         Id,
     }
 
+    #[qenum]
+    #[namespace = "Item"]
+    enum ItemType {
+        Song,
+        Video,
+        Image,
+        Presentation,
+    }
+
     unsafe extern "RustQt" {
         #[qobject]
         #[base = "QAbstractListModel"]
@@ -119,7 +128,7 @@ mod service_item_model {
         fn add_item(
             self: Pin<&mut ServiceItemModel>,
             name: QString,
-            ty: QString,
+            ty: ItemType,
             background: QString,
             background_type: QString,
             text: QStringList,
@@ -139,7 +148,7 @@ mod service_item_model {
             index: i32,
             name: QString,
             text: QStringList,
-            ty: QString,
+            ty: ItemType,
             background: QString,
             background_type: QString,
             audio: QString,
@@ -294,7 +303,7 @@ use crate::obs::Obs;
 use crate::service_item_model::service_item_model::QList_QString;
 use cxx_qt::{CxxQtType, Threading};
 use cxx_qt_lib::{
-    QByteArray, QModelIndex, QString, QStringList, QUrl, QVariant,
+    QByteArray, QModelIndex, QString, QStringList, QUrl, QVariant, QVariantValue,
 };
 use dirs;
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
@@ -308,18 +317,33 @@ use tar::{Archive, Builder};
 use tracing::{debug, error};
 use zstd::{Decoder, Encoder};
 use self::service_item_model::{
-    QHash_i32_QByteArray, QMap_QString_QVariant, QVector_i32,
-    ServiceRoles,
+    ItemType, QHash_i32_QByteArray, QMap_QString_QVariant, QVector_i32, ServiceRoles
 };
 
 use super::service_item_model::service_item_model::ServiceItemModel;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub enum ItemType {
-    Song,
-    Video,
-    Image,
-    Presentation,
+impl std::fmt::Debug for ItemType {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            &ItemType::Song => write!(f, "Song"),
+            &ItemType::Image => write!(f, "Image"),
+            &ItemType::Video => write!(f, "Video"),
+            &ItemType::Presentation => write!(f, "Presentation"),
+            _ => write!(f, "Unknown"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for ItemType {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            &ItemType::Song => write!(f, "Song"),
+            &ItemType::Image => write!(f, "Image"),
+            &ItemType::Video => write!(f, "Video"),
+            &ItemType::Presentation => write!(f, "Presentation"),
+            _ => write!(f, "Unknown"),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -449,7 +473,7 @@ impl service_item_model::ServiceItemModel {
     pub fn add_item(
         mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
         name: QString,
-        ty: QString,
+        ty: ItemType,
         background: QString,
         background_type: QString,
         text: QStringList,
@@ -509,7 +533,7 @@ impl service_item_model::ServiceItemModel {
         index: i32,
         name: QString,
         text: QStringList,
-        ty: QString,
+        ty: ItemType,
         background: QString,
         background_type: QString,
         audio: QString,
@@ -1209,9 +1233,18 @@ impl service_item_model::ServiceItemModel {
                 let name = QString::from(
                     obj.get("name").unwrap().as_str().unwrap(),
                 );
-                let ty = QString::from(
-                    obj.get("type").unwrap().as_str().unwrap(),
-                );
+                let ty = 
+                    obj.get("type").unwrap().as_str().unwrap();
+                let ty = match ty.to_lowercase().as_str() {
+                    "image" => ItemType::Image,
+                    "song" => ItemType::Song,
+                    "video" => ItemType::Video,
+                    "presentation" => ItemType::Presentation,
+                    other => {
+                        error!("ItemType doesn't match: {}", other);
+                        ItemType::Image
+                    },
+                };
                 // both audio and background will need to know if
                 // it exists on disk, if not use the flat version
                 let audio_string =
@@ -1397,7 +1430,16 @@ impl service_item_model::ServiceItemModel {
                     QVariant::from(&service_item.name)
                 }
                 ServiceRoles::Type => {
-                    QVariant::from(&service_item.ty)
+                    match &service_item.ty {
+                        &ItemType::Image => QVariant::from(&QString::from("Image")),
+                        &ItemType::Song => QVariant::from(&QString::from("Song")),
+                        &ItemType::Video => QVariant::from(&QString::from("Video")),
+                        &ItemType::Presentation => QVariant::from(&QString::from("Presentation")),
+                        other => {
+                            error!("{:?} is not a proper variant.", other);
+                            QVariant::from(&QString::from(""))
+                        },
+                    }
                 }
                 ServiceRoles::Audio => {
                     QVariant::from(&service_item.audio)