diff --git a/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier.UTest/CycloneBomProcessorTests.cs b/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier.UTest/CycloneBomProcessorTests.cs
index 5c6455ab..ac4c2e73 100644
--- a/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier.UTest/CycloneBomProcessorTests.cs
+++ b/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier.UTest/CycloneBomProcessorTests.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ public void SetMetadataInComparisonBOM_GivenBOMWithEmptyMetadata_FillsInMetadata
             };
             CommonAppSettings appSettings = new CommonAppSettings()
             {
-                CaVersion = "1.2.3"
+                CaVersion = "1.2.3",
+                ProjectType="NPM",
             };
             CatoolInfo caToolInformation = new CatoolInfo() { CatoolVersion = "6.0.0", CatoolRunningLocation="" };
             //Act
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ public void SetMetadataInComparisonBOM_GivenBOMWithMetadata_AddsNewMetadataInfoI
             {
                 CaVersion = "1.2.3",
                 SW360ProjectName = "Test",
+                ProjectType = "NPM",
             };
 
             Tool tools = new Tool()
diff --git a/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier/CycloneBomProcessor.cs b/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier/CycloneBomProcessor.cs
index 16651214..11a7d1a5 100644
--- a/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier/CycloneBomProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/LCT.PackageIdentifier/CycloneBomProcessor.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 using LCT.Common.Model;
 using log4net;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 
 namespace LCT.PackageIdentifier
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public static Bom SetMetadataInComparisonBOM(Bom bom,
                                                      ProjectReleases projectReleases,
                                                      CatoolInfo caToolInformation)
         {
-            Logger.Debug("Starting to add metadata info into the BOM");
+            Logger.Debug("Starting to add metadata info into the BOM");            
             Metadata metadata = new Metadata
             {
                 Tools = new List<Tool>(),
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public static Bom SetMetadataInComparisonBOM(Bom bom,
             {
                 Name = appSettings.SW360ProjectName,
                 Version = projectReleases.Version,
-                Type = Component.Classification.Application
+                Type = appSettings.ProjectType.ToUpperInvariant().Contains("DEBIAN",System.StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || appSettings.ProjectType.ToUpperInvariant().Contains("ALPINE", System.StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ? Component.Classification.Container : Component.Classification.Application
             };
             metadata.Component = component;
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ public static Bom SetMetadataInComparisonBOM(Bom bom,
 
             bom.Metadata = metadata;
             return bom;
-        }
+        }        
 
         public static void SetMetaDataToolsValues(Metadata metadata, CatoolInfo caToolInformation)
         {