diff --git a/data/js/tomahawk.js b/data/js/tomahawk.js
index 4563f60ef..24d7e5ebd 100644
--- a/data/js/tomahawk.js
+++ b/data/js/tomahawk.js
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ Tomahawk.ajax = function (url, settings) {
             var contentType;
             if (settings.dataType === 'json') {
                 contentType = 'application/json';
-            } else if (contentType === 'xml') {
+            } else if (settings.dataType === 'xml') {
                 contentType = 'text/xml';
             } else if (typeof xhr.getResponseHeader !== 'undefined') {
                 contentType = xhr.getResponseHeader('Content-Type');