diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/drawing/annotation.py b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/drawing/annotation.py
index 50d987f30c..a04360f5ed 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/drawing/annotation.py
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/module/drawing/annotation.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class Annotator:
                 if (
                     element
                     and ifcopenshell.util.element.get_predefined_type(element) == object_type
-                    and obj.type == object_type.upper()
+                    and obj.type == data_type.upper()
                 ):
                     return obj