diff --git a/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_dynamic_address.go b/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_dynamic_address.go
index db068db..43d692b 100644
--- a/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_dynamic_address.go
+++ b/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_dynamic_address.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (r *dynamicAddressSyntaxValidator) Validate(claim *IPClaim) field.ErrorList
 	ipPrefixType := claim.GetIPPrefixType()
 	if ipPrefixType == IPPrefixType_Invalid {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(
-			field.NewPath("spec.type"),
+			field.NewPath("spec.prefixType"),
 			claim,
 			fmt.Errorf("%s, invalid claim type, got %s", r.name, string(ipPrefixType)).Error(),
 		))
diff --git a/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_dynamic_prefix.go b/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_dynamic_prefix.go
index ece850e..bf76233 100644
--- a/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_dynamic_prefix.go
+++ b/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_dynamic_prefix.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (r *dynamicPrefixSyntaxValidator) Validate(claim *IPClaim) field.ErrorList
 	ipPrefixType := claim.GetIPPrefixType()
 	if ipPrefixType == IPPrefixType_Invalid {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(
-			field.NewPath("spec.type"),
+			field.NewPath("spec.prefixType"),
 			claim,
 			fmt.Errorf("%s, invalid claim type, got %s", r.name, string(ipPrefixType)).Error(),
 		))
diff --git a/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_static_prefix.go b/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_static_prefix.go
index 14146fc..a83c333 100644
--- a/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_static_prefix.go
+++ b/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_static_prefix.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (r *staticPrefixSyntaxValidator) Validate(claim *IPClaim) field.ErrorList {
 	ipPrefixType := claim.GetIPPrefixType()
 	if ipPrefixType == IPPrefixType_Invalid {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(
-			field.NewPath("spec.type"),
+			field.NewPath("spec.prefixType"),
 			claim,
 			fmt.Errorf("%s, invalid claim type, got %s", r.name, string(ipPrefixType)).Error(),
 		))
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ func (r *staticPrefixSyntaxValidator) Validate(claim *IPClaim) field.ErrorList {
 	if claim.Spec.DefaultGateway != nil {
 		if ipPrefixType != IPPrefixType_Network {
 			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(
-				field.NewPath("spec.type"),
+				field.NewPath("spec.defaultGateway"),
 				claim,
 				fmt.Errorf("%s cannot have a defaultGateway on a prefix which is not a network type", r.name).Error(),
 			))
 		}
 		if !pi.IsNorLastNorFirst() {
 			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(
-				field.NewPath("spec.prefix"),
+				field.NewPath("spec.defaultGateway"),
 				claim,
 				fmt.Errorf("%s cannot have a defaultGateway on a prefix which is the first or last ip in the prefix", r.name).Error(),
 			))
diff --git a/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_static_range.go b/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_static_range.go
index 8cf5602..7a97500 100644
--- a/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_static_range.go
+++ b/apis/backend/ipam/ipclaim_syntaxvalidator_static_range.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (r *staticRangeSyntaxValidator) Validate(claim *IPClaim) field.ErrorList {
 	ipPrefixType := claim.GetIPPrefixType()
 	if ipPrefixType != IPPrefixType_Regular {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(
-			field.NewPath("spec.type"),
+			field.NewPath("spec.prefixType"),
 			claim,
 			fmt.Errorf("%s invalid claim, expecting %s, got %s", r.name, string(IPPrefixType_Regular), string(ipPrefixType)).Error(),
 		))
diff --git a/examples/ipam/index-vpc3.yaml b/examples/ipam/index-vpc3.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03fb288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ipam/index-vpc3.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: ipam.be.kuid.dev/v1alpha1
+kind: IPIndex
+metadata:
+  name: vpc3
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  prefixes:
+    - prefix: 10.0.0.0/8
+      prefixType: network
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