diff --git a/cognee/tasks/chunks/chunk_by_paragraph.py b/cognee/tasks/chunks/chunk_by_paragraph.py
index c6abd5b9d..a05451bd3 100644
--- a/cognee/tasks/chunks/chunk_by_paragraph.py
+++ b/cognee/tasks/chunks/chunk_by_paragraph.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def chunk_by_paragraph(data: str, paragraph_length: int = 1024, batch_paragraphs
             "chunk_id": uuid5(NAMESPACE_OID, current_chunk),
             "paragraph_ids": paragraph_ids,
             "chunk_index": chunk_index,
-            "cut_type": last_cut_type
+            "cut_type": "sentence_cut" if last_cut_type == "word" else last_cut_type
         }
         
             
diff --git a/cognee/tests/unit/processing/chunks/chunk_by_paragraph_test.py b/cognee/tests/unit/processing/chunks/chunk_by_paragraph_test.py
index 55eeb7fae..3ddc6f4f5 100644
--- a/cognee/tests/unit/processing/chunks/chunk_by_paragraph_test.py
+++ b/cognee/tests/unit/processing/chunks/chunk_by_paragraph_test.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ GROUND_TRUTH = {
         {
             "text": "\nThird paragraph is cut and is missing the dot at the end",
             "word_count": 12,
-            "cut_type": "word",
+            "cut_type": "sentence_cut",
         },
     ],
 }