diff --git a/frontend/pages/projects/_id/labels/index.vue b/frontend/pages/projects/_id/labels/index.vue
index 238b3783..ab5617a3 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/projects/_id/labels/index.vue
+++ b/frontend/pages/projects/_id/labels/index.vue
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export default Vue.extend({
         } else {
           return ['span', 'relation'][this.tab!]
         }
-      } else if (this.project.projectType.endsWith('Classification')) {
+      } else if (this.project.canDefineCategory) {
         return 'category'
       } else {
         return 'span'
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export default Vue.extend({
         } else {
           return [this.$services.spanType, this.$services.relationType][this.tab!]
         }
-      } else if (this.project.projectType.endsWith('Classification')) {
+      } else if (this.project.canDefineCategory) {
         return this.$services.categoryType
       } else {
         return this.$services.spanType
diff --git a/frontend/services/application/project/projectData.ts b/frontend/services/application/project/projectData.ts
index 908759b3..a752edcb 100644
--- a/frontend/services/application/project/projectData.ts
+++ b/frontend/services/application/project/projectData.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export class ProjectDTO {
   tags: Object[] | string[]
   canDefineLabel: boolean
   canDefineRelation: boolean
+  canDefineCategory: boolean
   isTextProject: boolean
   allowOverlapping: boolean
   graphemeMode: boolean
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ export class ProjectDTO {
     this.tags = item.tags
     this.canDefineLabel = item.canDefineLabel
     this.canDefineRelation = item.canDefineRelation
+    this.canDefineCategory = item.canDefineCategory
     this.isTextProject = item.isTextProject
     this.allowOverlapping = item.allowOverlapping
     this.graphemeMode = item.graphemeMode