diff --git a/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.component.spec.ts b/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.component.spec.ts
index cd2b9a9c06..fd0af4c1e9 100644
--- a/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.component.spec.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ describe("EntityCountDashboardComponent", () => {
   it("should groupBy entity references and display an entity-block", async () => {
     const testGroupBy = "child";
     component.groupBy = testGroupBy;
-    component.entity = EducationalMaterial.ENTITY_TYPE;
+    component.entityType = EducationalMaterial.ENTITY_TYPE;
 
     const c1 = new Child();
     const x0 = new EducationalMaterial();
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ describe("EntityCountDashboardComponent", () => {
   it("should groupBy arrays, split and summarized for individual array elements", async () => {
     const testGroupBy = "children";
     component.groupBy = testGroupBy;
-    component.entity = Note.ENTITY_TYPE;
+    component.entityType = Note.ENTITY_TYPE;
 
     const x0 = new Note();
     const x1 = new Note();
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ describe("EntityCountDashboardComponent", () => {
     const entity = RecurringActivity;
     entityMapper.addAll([ra1, ra2, ra3]);
 
-    component.entity = RecurringActivity.ENTITY_TYPE;
+    component.entityType = RecurringActivity.ENTITY_TYPE;
     component.groupBy = "type";
     component.ngOnInit();
 
diff --git a/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.component.ts b/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.component.ts
index da1844cdf1..a682883cc7 100644
--- a/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/dashboard-widgets/entity-count-dashboard-widget/entity-count-dashboard/entity-count-dashboard.component.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class EntityCountDashboardComponent
    * Entity name which should be grouped
    * @param value
    */
-  @Input() set entity(value: string) {
+  @Input() set entityType(value: string) {
     this._entity = this.entities.get(value);
   }