diff --git a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/property.cljs b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/property.cljs
index 3ebfc83a3..17dcd7cb5 100644
--- a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/property.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/property.cljs
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@
                                         :public? true
                                         :view-context :page
                                         :cardinality :many}}
-   :logseq.property/background-color {:schema {:type :default :hide? true}}
+   :logseq.property/background-color {:schema {:type :string :hide? true}}
    :logseq.property/background-image {:schema
+                                      ;; FIXME: Convert to :string when it's user facing
                                       {:type :default
                                        :hide? true
                                        :view-context :block
@@ -77,10 +78,10 @@
                                       :hide? true}}
    :logseq.property/hl-stamp {:schema {:type :number
                                        :hide? true}}
-   :logseq.property/hl-color {:schema {:type :default
+   :logseq.property/hl-color {:schema {:type :string
                                        :hide? true}}
    :logseq.property/order-list-type {:name :logseq.order-list-type
-                                     :schema {:type :default
+                                     :schema {:type :string
                                               :hide? true}}
    :logseq.property.tldraw/page {:name :logseq.tldraw.page
                                  :schema {:type :map
diff --git a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/property/type.cljs b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/property/type.cljs
index ca3f335ef..2dc75d997 100644
--- a/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/property/type.cljs
+++ b/deps/db/src/logseq/db/frontend/property/type.cljs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 (def internal-built-in-property-types
   "Valid property types only for use by internal built-in-properties"
-  #{:keyword :map :coll :any :entity})
+  #{:keyword :map :coll :any :entity :string})
 
 (def user-built-in-property-types
   "Valid property types for users in order they appear in the UI"
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@
 (assert (set/subset? closed-value-property-types (set user-built-in-property-types))
         "All closed value types are valid property types")
 
-(def ref-property-types #{:default :page :date :entity})
+(def ref-property-types
+  "User facing ref types"
+  #{:default :page :date})
 
 (assert (set/subset? ref-property-types
-                     (into internal-built-in-property-types
-                           user-built-in-property-types))
+                     (set user-built-in-property-types))
         "All ref types are valid property types")
 
 (def ^:private user-built-in-allowed-schema-attributes
@@ -119,10 +120,11 @@
    :template [:fn
               {:error/message "should has #template"}
               entity?]
-   :entity   [:fn
-              {:error/message "should be a db entity"}
-              entity?]
-   ;; internal usage
+
+   ;; Internal usage
+   ;; ==============
+   :string   string?
+   :entity   entity?
    :keyword  keyword?
    :map      map?
    ;; coll elements are ordered as it's saved as a vec
diff --git a/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/core.cljs b/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/core.cljs
index 65ed3b048..1d5d1f9d9 100644
--- a/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/core.cljs
+++ b/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/core.cljs
@@ -649,7 +649,6 @@
         tb (when target-block (block db target-block))
         target-block (if sibling? target-block (when tb (:block (otree/-get-down tb conn))))
         list-type-fn (fn [block] (db-property-util/get-block-property-value repo db block :logseq.property/order-list-type))
-        k (db-property-util/get-pid repo :logseq.property/order-list-type)
         db-based? (sqlite-util/db-based-graph? repo)]
     (if-let [list-type (and target-block (list-type-fn target-block))]
       (mapv
@@ -660,8 +659,8 @@
              list?
              ((fn [b]
                 (if db-based?
-                  (assoc b k list-type)
-                  (update b :block/properties assoc k list-type))))
+                  (update b :block/properties conj (sqlite-util/build-property-pair :logseq.property/order-list-type list-type))
+                  (update b :block/properties assoc (db-property-util/get-pid repo :logseq.property/order-list-type) list-type))))
 
              (not db-based?)
              (assoc :block/content (gp-property/insert-property repo format content :logseq.order-list-type list-type)))))