diff --git a/js/battle.js b/js/battle.js
index aebad182f..7e42b4de7 100644
--- a/js/battle.js
+++ b/js/battle.js
@@ -4996,6 +4996,7 @@ function Battle(frame, logFrame, noPreload) {
 
 			poke.species = newSpecies;
 			poke.ability = poke.baseAbility = (template.abilities ? template.abilities['0'] : '');
+			poke.types = template.types && template.types.slice(0);
 
 			poke.details = args[2];
 			poke.searchid = args[1].substr(0, 2) + args[1].substr(3) + '|' + args[2];