diff --git a/src/backend/src/prisma-query-args/teams.query-args.ts b/src/backend/src/prisma-query-args/teams.query-args.ts
index e8c80742a9..3b41eabf4e 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/prisma-query-args/teams.query-args.ts
+++ b/src/backend/src/prisma-query-args/teams.query-args.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ export const getTeamQueryArgs = (organizationId: string) =>
       head: getUserQueryArgs(organizationId),
       leads: getUserQueryArgs(organizationId),
       userArchived: getUserQueryArgs(organizationId),
-      teamType: true,
+      teamType: {
+        select: {
+          name: true
+        }
+      },
       projects: {
         where: {
           wbsElement: {
@@ -30,6 +34,11 @@ export const getTeamPreviewQueryArgs = (organizationId: string) =>
     include: {
       members: getUserQueryArgs(organizationId),
       head: getUserQueryArgs(organizationId),
-      leads: getUserQueryArgs(organizationId)
+      leads: getUserQueryArgs(organizationId),
+      teamType: {
+        select: {
+          name: true
+        }
+      }
     }
   });
diff --git a/src/backend/src/transformers/teams.transformer.ts b/src/backend/src/transformers/teams.transformer.ts
index 5c75bc725f..46a6b7d62f 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/transformers/teams.transformer.ts
+++ b/src/backend/src/transformers/teams.transformer.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ export const teamPreviewTransformer = (team: Prisma.TeamGetPayload<TeamPreviewQu
     ...team,
     leads: team.leads.map(userTransformer),
     members: team.members.map(userTransformer),
-    head: userTransformer(team.head)
+    head: userTransformer(team.head),
+    teamType: team.teamType ? teamTypeTransformer(team.teamType) : undefined
   };
 };