diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fed5ba5a..f406817d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@
   This allows to have multiple json elements with the same name in
   different source files
 
-* The `lobster-codebeamer` tool now uses codebeamer api v3
+* The `lobster-codebeamer` tool now uses codebeamer api v3.
+  Please note that the api v3 returns the value "Unset" for a codebeamer
+  item status if the status is actually empty. The api v1 did not return
+  any value at all for an item with a missing status. This means that the
+  resulting lobster file will now contain "Unset" as status information,
+  too, instead of `Null`.
 
 * The `lobster-html-report` tool now supports argument `--dot` to specify
   the path to the graphviz dot utility instead of expecting it in PATH
diff --git a/lobster/tools/codebeamer/codebeamer.py b/lobster/tools/codebeamer/codebeamer.py
index a41fde26..a7e49f0b 100755
--- a/lobster/tools/codebeamer/codebeamer.py
+++ b/lobster/tools/codebeamer/codebeamer.py
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ def query_cb_single(cb_config, url):
 def get_single_item(cb_config, item_id):
     assert isinstance(item_id, int) and item_id > 0
 
-    url = "%s/items/%u" % (cb_config["base"], item_id)
+    url = "%s/items/%u" % (cb_config["base"],
+                           item_id)
     data = query_cb_single(cb_config, url)
     return data
 
@@ -157,8 +158,9 @@ def to_lobster(cb_config, cb_item):
     # This looks like it's business logic, maybe we should make this
     # configurable?
 
-    if "typeName" in cb_item:
-        kind = cb_item["typeName"]
+    categories = cb_item.get("categories")
+    if categories:
+        kind = categories[0].get("name", "codebeamer item")
     else:
         kind = "codebeamer item"
 
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ def import_tagged(mh, cb_config, items_to_import):
     assert isinstance(mh, Message_Handler)
     assert isinstance(cb_config, dict)
     assert isinstance(items_to_import, set)
-    rv        = []
+    rv = []
 
     cb_items = get_many_items(cb_config, items_to_import)
     for cb_item in cb_items:
diff --git a/test-unit/lobster-codebeamer/test_codebeamer.py b/test-unit/lobster-codebeamer/test_codebeamer.py
index 6bdb6a31..9405acce 100644
--- a/test-unit/lobster-codebeamer/test_codebeamer.py
+++ b/test-unit/lobster-codebeamer/test_codebeamer.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 
 class QueryCodebeamerTest(unittest.TestCase):
-
     def _assertListEqualByAttributes(self, list1, list2):
         self.assertEqual(len(list1), len(list2), "Lists length are not the same")
         for obj1, obj2 in zip(list1, list2):
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ def test_import_tagged(self, mock_get):
             {
                 'id': 24406947,
                 'name': 'Test name 1',
-                'typeName': 'Requirement',
+                'categories': [{'name': 'Folder'}],
                 'version': 7,
                 'status': {'name': 'status'},
                 'tracker': {'id': 123}
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ def test_import_tagged(self, mock_get):
             {
                 'id': 21747817,
                 'name': 'Test name 2',
-                'typeName': 'Requirement',
+                'categories': [{'name': 'Folder'}],
                 'version': 10,
                 'status': {'name': 'status'},
                 'tracker': {'id': 123}
@@ -93,4 +92,4 @@ def test_import_tagged(self, mock_get):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()
\ No newline at end of file
+    unittest.main()