diff --git a/ReactNativeClient/lib/services/rest/Api.js b/ReactNativeClient/lib/services/rest/Api.js
index 8a45ef43d7..71132e87b7 100644
--- a/ReactNativeClient/lib/services/rest/Api.js
+++ b/ReactNativeClient/lib/services/rest/Api.js
@@ -487,6 +487,9 @@ class Api {
 		if ('user_updated_time' in requestNote) output.user_updated_time = Database.formatValue(Database.TYPE_INT, requestNote.user_updated_time);
 		if ('user_created_time' in requestNote) output.user_created_time = Database.formatValue(Database.TYPE_INT, requestNote.user_created_time);
 		if ('is_todo' in requestNote) output.is_todo = Database.formatValue(Database.TYPE_INT, requestNote.is_todo);
+		if ('markup_language' in requestNote) output.markup_language = Database.formatValue(Database.TYPE_INT, requestNote.markup_language);
+
+		if (!output.markup_language) output.markup_language = Note.MARKUP_LANGUAGE_MARKDOWN;
 
 		return output;
 	}