diff --git a/src/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.ts b/src/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.ts
index 70378928b5..8fd746b7fe 100644
--- a/src/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.ts
+++ b/src/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.ts
@@ -29,17 +29,20 @@ export class RepresentationConvertingStore<T extends ResourceStore = ResourceSto
   private readonly inConverter?: RepresentationConverter;
   private readonly outConverter?: RepresentationConverter;
 
-  private readonly inPreferences?: RepresentationPreferences;
+  private readonly inType?: string;
 
+  /**
+   * TODO: This should take RepresentationPreferences instead of a type string when supported by Components.js.
+   */
   public constructor(source: T, options: {
     outConverter?: RepresentationConverter;
     inConverter?: RepresentationConverter;
-    inPreferences?: RepresentationPreferences;
+    inType?: string;
   }) {
     super(source);
     this.inConverter = options.inConverter;
     this.outConverter = options.outConverter;
-    this.inPreferences = options.inPreferences;
+    this.inType = options.inType;
   }
 
   public async getRepresentation(identifier: ResourceIdentifier, preferences: RepresentationPreferences,
@@ -56,13 +59,13 @@ export class RepresentationConvertingStore<T extends ResourceStore = ResourceSto
     conditions?: Conditions): Promise<ResourceIdentifier> {
     // We can potentially run into problems here if we convert a turtle document where the base IRI is required,
     // since we don't know the resource IRI yet at this point.
-    representation = await this.convertRepresentation(container, representation);
+    representation = await this.convertInRepresentation(container, representation);
     return this.source.addResource(container, representation, conditions);
   }
 
   public async setRepresentation(identifier: ResourceIdentifier, representation: Representation,
     conditions?: Conditions): Promise<void> {
-    representation = await this.convertRepresentation(identifier, representation);
+    representation = await this.convertInRepresentation(identifier, representation);
     return this.source.setRepresentation(identifier, representation, conditions);
   }
 
@@ -79,11 +82,15 @@ export class RepresentationConvertingStore<T extends ResourceStore = ResourceSto
     );
   }
 
-  private async convertRepresentation(identifier: ResourceIdentifier, representation: Representation):
+  private async convertInRepresentation(identifier: ResourceIdentifier, representation: Representation):
   Promise<Representation> {
-    if (!this.inPreferences || !this.inConverter || this.matchesPreferences(representation, this.inPreferences)) {
+    if (!this.inType) {
       return representation;
     }
-    return this.inConverter.handleSafe({ identifier, representation, preferences: this.inPreferences });
+    const inPreferences: RepresentationPreferences = { type: [{ value: this.inType, weight: 1 }]};
+    if (!inPreferences || !this.inConverter || this.matchesPreferences(representation, inPreferences)) {
+      return representation;
+    }
+    return this.inConverter.handleSafe({ identifier, representation, preferences: inPreferences });
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.test.ts
index 696effd745..7920acf7c8 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import type { Representation } from '../../../src/ldp/representation/Representation';
 import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../../src/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
-import type { RepresentationPreferences } from '../../../src/ldp/representation/RepresentationPreferences';
 import type { RepresentationConverter } from '../../../src/storage/conversion/RepresentationConverter';
 import { RepresentationConvertingStore } from '../../../src/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore';
 import type { ResourceStore } from '../../../src/storage/ResourceStore';
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ describe('A RepresentationConvertingStore', (): void => {
   let source: ResourceStore;
   let inConverter: RepresentationConverter;
   let outConverter: RepresentationConverter;
-  const inPreferences: RepresentationPreferences = { type: [{ value: 'text/turtle', weight: 1 }]};
+  const inType = 'text/turtle';
   const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata({ [CONTENT_TYPE]: 'text/turtle' });
   let representation: Representation;
 
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ describe('A RepresentationConvertingStore', (): void => {
     inConverter = { handleSafe: jest.fn(async(): Promise<any> => 'inConvert') } as any;
     outConverter = { handleSafe: jest.fn(async(): Promise<any> => 'outConvert') } as any;
 
-    store = new RepresentationConvertingStore(source, { inPreferences, inConverter, outConverter });
+    store = new RepresentationConvertingStore(source, { inType, inConverter, outConverter });
     representation = { binary: true, data: 'data', metadata } as any;
   });
 
@@ -81,6 +80,10 @@ describe('A RepresentationConvertingStore', (): void => {
     await expect(store.setRepresentation(id, representation, 'conditions' as any)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
     expect(inConverter.handleSafe).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
     expect(source.setRepresentation).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(id, representation, 'conditions');
+
+    store = new RepresentationConvertingStore(source, {});
+    await expect(store.addResource(id, representation, 'conditions' as any)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(source.addResource).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(id, representation, 'conditions');
   });
 
   it('converts the data if it is required.', async(): Promise<void> => {