diff --git a/worker/export.go b/worker/export.go
index 7caf5f4541d..4efc0aedd9a 100644
--- a/worker/export.go
+++ b/worker/export.go
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func toSchema(attr string, update *pb.SchemaUpdate) (*bpb.KVList, error) {
 
 func toType(attr string, update pb.TypeUpdate) (*bpb.KVList, error) {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	x.Check2(buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("type %s {\n", attr)))
+	x.Check2(buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("type <%s> {\n", attr)))
 	for _, field := range update.Fields {
 		x.Check2(buf.WriteString(fieldToString(field)))
 	}