diff --git a/misc-scripts/regulatory_regions/RegulatoryFeatureParser/cisred.pm b/misc-scripts/regulatory_regions/RegulatoryFeatureParser/cisred.pm
index a82e19d786cfb6de1deeb4272b099339b7ebdc34..01e7558702629a92105e2b370fca535fd11dabaf 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/regulatory_regions/RegulatoryFeatureParser/cisred.pm
+++ b/misc-scripts/regulatory_regions/RegulatoryFeatureParser/cisred.pm
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ sub parse {
 	$factor_id = $highest_factor_id + 1;
 	$factor{INTERNAL_ID} = $factor_id;
 	$factor{NAME} = $group_name;
-	$factor{TYPE} = $factor{NAME}; # TODO - error checking that type is one of the enums?
+	$factor{TYPE} = 'NULL';
 	push @factors, \%factor;
 	$factor_ids_by_name{$factor{NAME}} = $factor_id;
 	$highest_factor_id = $factor_id;