diff --git a/src/Ganeti/Objects.hs b/src/Ganeti/Objects.hs
index f86b54d350d5a7a883958c235f71df34f08c76d2..b0fd163d4d086e8e64e84cf86fca8c299979ccdf 100644
--- a/src/Ganeti/Objects.hs
+++ b/src/Ganeti/Objects.hs
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ $(buildObject "PartialNic" "nic"
   [ simpleField "mac" [t| String |]
   , optionalField $ simpleField "ip" [t| String |]
   , simpleField "nicparams" [t| PartialNicParams |]
-  , optionalField $ simpleField "network" [t| Network |]
+  , optionalField $ simpleField "network" [t| String |]
   ])
 
 -- * Disk definitions