diff --git a/src/js/traffic.js b/src/js/traffic.js
index 9a5176a3e..e79fd16f9 100644
--- a/src/js/traffic.js
+++ b/src/js/traffic.js
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ var onBeforeRootFrameRequest = function(details) {
         pageDomain: requestDomain,
         requestURL: requestURL,
         requestHostname: requestHostname,
-        requestType: 'other'
+        requestType: 'main_frame'
     };
 
     var result = '';