diff --git a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/DictComs.py b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/DictComs.py
index faa4f0d..ea1a324 100644
--- a/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/DictComs.py
+++ b/sopel_modules/SpiceBot/DictComs.py
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ class BotDictCommands():
 
             dict_from_file = self.valid_dictcom_dict[jsondict]
 
+            dict_from_file["comtype"] = "prefix"
+
             # default command to filename
             if "validcoms" not in list(dict_from_file.keys()):
                 dict_from_file["validcoms"] = [dict_from_file["filename"]]
@@ -65,8 +67,6 @@ class BotDictCommands():
             if "type" not in list(dict_from_file.keys()) or dict_from_file["type"] not in self.valid_com_types:
                 dict_from_file["type"] = 'simple'
 
-            dict_from_file["comtype"] = "prefix" + dict_from_file["type"]
-
             # Don't process these.
             keysprocessed = []
             keysprocessed.extend(["validcoms", "filepath", "filename", "comtype"])