diff --git a/dialogy/types/entity/base_entity.py b/dialogy/types/entity/base_entity.py
index 7feb3d3d..e9c4117b 100644
--- a/dialogy/types/entity/base_entity.py
+++ b/dialogy/types/entity/base_entity.py
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ class BaseEntity:
 
     __properties_map = const.BASE_ENTITY_PROPS
 
+    def __attrs_post_init__(self) -> None:
+        self.entity_type = self.type
+
     @classmethod
     def validate(cls, dict_: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         """
diff --git a/tests/types/entity/test_entities.py b/tests/types/entity/test_entities.py
index b1f7b953..899d9a9c 100644
--- a/tests/types/entity/test_entities.py
+++ b/tests/types/entity/test_entities.py
@@ -318,3 +318,15 @@ def test_entity_grain_to_type() -> None:
     )
     assert entity.entity_type == "hour"
     assert entity.type == "hour"
+
+
+def test_both_entity_type_attributes_match() -> None:
+    body = "4 things"
+    value = {"value": 4}
+    entity = BaseEntity(
+        range={"from": 0, "to": len(body)},
+        body=body,
+        type="base",
+        values=[value],
+    )
+    assert entity.type == entity.entity_type