diff --git a/Common/jaspColumnEncoder b/Common/jaspColumnEncoder
index f2239e7064..f6f6f5d80f 160000
--- a/Common/jaspColumnEncoder
+++ b/Common/jaspColumnEncoder
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f2239e7064aa1bd7a8e38617e36689e963f2db5a
+Subproject commit f6f6f5d80fc0c68df9d851c4468259cb00774254
diff --git a/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolbase.cpp b/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolbase.cpp
index 4ac93e91fc..de485329cd 100644
--- a/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolbase.cpp
+++ b/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolbase.cpp
@@ -46,35 +46,6 @@ Json::Value BoundControlBase::createMeta()  const
 	return meta;
 }
 
-bool BoundControlBase::setValueType()
-{
-	bool hasChanges = false;
-	AnalysisForm* form = _control->form();
-
-	if (_control->encodeValue())
-	{
-		JASPListControl* listControl = qobject_cast<JASPListControl*>(_control);
-		if (listControl)
-		{
-			Json::Value jsonTypesOrg = form->boundValue(getName() + ".types", _control->getParentKeys());
-
-			columnTypeVec types = listControl->valueTypes();
-			Json::Value jsonTypes(Json::arrayValue);
-
-			for (columnType type : types)
-				jsonTypes.append(columnTypeToString(type));
-
-			if (jsonTypes != jsonTypesOrg)
-			{
-				form->setBoundValue(getName() + ".types", jsonTypes, Json::nullValue, _control->getParentKeys());
-				hasChanges = true;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return hasChanges;
-}
-
 void BoundControlBase::handleComputedColumn(const Json::Value& value)
 {
 	if (_isColumn && value.isString())
diff --git a/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolbase.h b/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolbase.h
index 71ef25ebaf..dd73f021b4 100644
--- a/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolbase.h
+++ b/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolbase.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ class BoundControlBase : public BoundControl
 
 protected:
 	std::string					getName()													const;
-	bool						setValueType();
 	void						handleComputedColumn(const Json::Value& value);
 
 	Json::Value					_getTableValueOption(const Terms& terms, const ListModel::RowControlsValues& componentValuesMap, const std::string& key, bool hasMultipleTerms);
diff --git a/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolterms.cpp b/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolterms.cpp
index 20ddc8ee6f..f4fbc213c2 100644
--- a/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolterms.cpp
+++ b/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolterms.cpp
@@ -307,17 +307,6 @@ void BoundControlTerms::resetBoundValue()
 	}
 }
 
-Json::Value BoundControlTerms::_getTypes() const
-{
-	columnTypeVec types = _listView->valueTypes();
-	Json::Value jsonTypes(Json::arrayValue);
-
-	for (columnType type : types)
-		jsonTypes.append(columnTypeToString(type));
-
-	return jsonTypes;
-}
-
 void BoundControlTerms::setBoundValue(const Json::Value &value, bool emitChanges)
 {
 	Json::Value newValue;
@@ -329,7 +318,10 @@ void BoundControlTerms::setBoundValue(const Json::Value &value, bool emitChanges
 		else
 		{
 			newValue["value"] = value;
-			newValue["types"] = _getTypes();
+			Json::Value types = _listView->valueTypes();
+			if (_isSingleRow && types.isArray() && types.size() > 0)
+				types = types[0];
+			newValue["types"] = types;
 		}
 		if (_listView->hasRowComponent() || _listView->containsInteractions())
 			newValue["optionKey"] = _optionKey;
diff --git a/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolterms.h b/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolterms.h
index d446c4beb3..cc075969a9 100644
--- a/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolterms.h
+++ b/QMLComponents/boundcontrols/boundcontrolterms.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class BoundControlTerms : public BoundControlBase
 	Terms		_getValuesFromOptions(const Json::Value& option)							const;
 	Json::Value	_adjustBindingValue(const Json::Value &value)								const;
 	Json::Value	_adjustBindingType(const Json::Value &value)								const;
-	Json::Value _getTypes()																	const;
 
 	ListModelAssignedInterface*		_termsModel				= nullptr;
 	JASPListControl*				_listView				= nullptr;
diff --git a/QMLComponents/controls/jasplistcontrol.cpp b/QMLComponents/controls/jasplistcontrol.cpp
index 3035074ab0..1cd177e59c 100644
--- a/QMLComponents/controls/jasplistcontrol.cpp
+++ b/QMLComponents/controls/jasplistcontrol.cpp
@@ -296,12 +296,35 @@ std::vector<std::string> JASPListControl::usedVariables() const
 	else												return {};
 }
 
-columnTypeVec JASPListControl::valueTypes() const
+Json::Value JASPListControl::valueTypes() const
 {
-	columnTypeVec types;
+	Json::Value types(Json::arrayValue);
+	std::map<std::string, std::string> variableTypeMap;
+	static columnType unknownType = columnType::unknown;
 
+	// An interaction term has components that can be variables: if the model contains also such variables, the interaction term should get the same types.
+	// So first check which terms have only 1 component: these terms might be variable names, so keep in a map their types. Use then this map to set the type for interaction terms.
 	for (const Term& term : model()->terms())
-		types.push_back(term.type());
+		if (term.components().size() == 1)
+			variableTypeMap[term.asString()] = columnTypeToString(term.type());
+
+	for (const Term& term : model()->terms())
+	{
+		if (term.components().size() == 1)
+			types.append(columnTypeToString(term.type()));
+		else
+		{
+			Json::Value compTypes(Json::arrayValue);
+			for (const std::string& component : term.scomponents())
+			{
+				if (variableTypeMap.count(component) > 0)
+					compTypes.append(variableTypeMap[component]);
+				else
+					compTypes.append(columnTypeToString(unknownType));
+			}
+			types.append(compTypes);
+		}
+	}
 
 	return types;
 }
diff --git a/QMLComponents/controls/jasplistcontrol.h b/QMLComponents/controls/jasplistcontrol.h
index 7ca1d25dc5..89a526a44a 100644
--- a/QMLComponents/controls/jasplistcontrol.h
+++ b/QMLComponents/controls/jasplistcontrol.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class JASPListControl : public JASPControl
 			bool					allowAnalysisOwnComputedColumns()	const	{ return _allowAnalysisOwnComputedColumns;	}
 			bool					isTypeAllowed(columnType type)		const;
 			columnType				defaultType()						const;
-			columnTypeVec			valueTypes()						const;
+			Json::Value				valueTypes()						const;
 	const	QStringList			&	columnsTypes()						const	{ return _columnsTypes;						}
 	const	QStringList			&	columnsNames()						const	{ return _columnsNames;						}
 	QAbstractListModel			*	allowedTypesModel();