2 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/internal/processing/account/update.go b/internal/processing/account/update.go
index 537857cee..a96c17eeb 100644
--- a/internal/processing/account/update.go
+++ b/internal/processing/account/update.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (p *Processor) Update(ctx context.Context, account *gtsmodel.Account, form
 
 		// Process note to generate a valid HTML representation
 		var f text.FormatFunc
-		if account.StatusFormat == "markdown" {
+		if account.StatusContentType == "text/markdown" {
 			f = p.formatter.FromMarkdown
 		} else {
 			f = p.formatter.FromPlain
@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@ func (p *Processor) Update(ctx context.Context, account *gtsmodel.Account, form
 			account.Privacy = privacy
 		}
 
-		if form.Source.StatusFormat != nil {
-			if err := validate.StatusFormat(*form.Source.StatusFormat); err != nil {
+		if form.Source.StatusContentType != nil {
+			if err := validate.StatusContentType(*form.Source.StatusContentType); err != nil {
 				return nil, gtserror.NewErrorBadRequest(err, err.Error())
 			}
 
-			account.StatusFormat = *form.Source.StatusFormat
+			account.StatusContentType = *form.Source.StatusContentType
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/processing/account/update_test.go b/internal/processing/account/update_test.go
index 8ebce7888..486848549 100644
--- a/internal/processing/account/update_test.go
+++ b/internal/processing/account/update_test.go
@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ func (suite *AccountUpdateTestSuite) TestAccountUpdateWithMarkdownNote() {
 		Note: &note,
 	}
 
-	// set default post language of account 1 to markdown
-	testAccount.StatusFormat = "markdown"
+	// set default post content type of account 1 to markdown
+	testAccount.StatusContentType = "text/markdown"
 
 	// should get no error from the update function, and an api model account returned
 	apiAccount, errWithCode := suite.accountProcessor.Update(context.Background(), testAccount, form)
 	// reset test account to avoid breaking other tests
-	testAccount.StatusFormat = "plain"
+	testAccount.StatusContentType = "text/plain"
 	suite.NoError(errWithCode)
 	suite.NotNil(apiAccount)