diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/xml/datasetProfileXml/ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/xml/datasetProfileXml/ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile.java
index 45d53242b..c86294e74 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/xml/datasetProfileXml/ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/utilities/documents/xml/datasetProfileXml/ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile.java
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ public class ExportXmlBuilderDatasetProfile {
                         WordListData wordListDataObject = (WordListData) field.getData();
                         dataOut.setAttribute("label", wordListDataObject.getLabel());
                         dataOut.setAttribute("type", wordListDataObject.getType());
+                        dataOut.setAttribute("multiList", wordListDataObject.getMultiList().toString());
                         Element options = element.createElement("options");
                         wordListDataObject.getOptions().forEach(optionChildFor -> {
                             Element optionChild = element.createElement("option");
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/datafield/WordListData.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/datafield/WordListData.java
index 6f16abf51..51cd7f840 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/datafield/WordListData.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/components/commons/datafield/WordListData.java
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ public class WordListData extends ComboBoxData<WordListData> {
                     this.options.add(newOption);
                 }
             }
-            this.multiList = (Boolean) ((Map<String, Object>) data).get("multiList");
+            Object multiList1 = ((Map<String, Object>) data).get("multiList");
+            this.multiList = multiList1 instanceof String ? Boolean.parseBoolean((String) multiList1) : (Boolean) multiList1;
         }
         return this;
     }
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ public class WordListData extends ComboBoxData<WordListData> {
     @Override
     public Map<String, Object> toMap(Element item) {
         HashMap dataMap = new HashMap();
+        dataMap.put("multiList", item != null ? item.getAttribute("multiList") : "false");
         dataMap.put("label", item != null ? item.getAttribute("label") : "");
         dataMap.put("type", item != null ? item.getAttribute("type") : "wordlist");
         Element optionsElement = (Element) item.getElementsByTagName("options").item(0);