diff --git a/src/core/metatypes.cpp b/src/core/metatypes.cpp
index 2ffb77991..1f2611d2e 100644
--- a/src/core/metatypes.cpp
+++ b/src/core/metatypes.cpp
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ void RegisterMetaTypes() {
   qRegisterMetaType<GstElement*>("GstElement*");
   qRegisterMetaType<GstEnginePipeline*>("GstEnginePipeline*");
 #endif
-  qRegisterMetaType<PlaylistItemList>("PlaylistItemList");
   qRegisterMetaType<PlaylistItemPtr>("PlaylistItemPtr");
+  qRegisterMetaType<PlaylistItemList>("PlaylistItemList");
   qRegisterMetaType<QList<PlaylistItemPtr>>("QList<PlaylistItemPtr>");
   qRegisterMetaType<PlaylistSequence::RepeatMode>("PlaylistSequence::RepeatMode");
   qRegisterMetaType<PlaylistSequence::ShuffleMode>("PlaylistSequence::ShuffleMode");
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlistbackend.cpp b/src/playlist/playlistbackend.cpp
index e087a8645..e74650ca5 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlistbackend.cpp
+++ b/src/playlist/playlistbackend.cpp
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ PlaylistBackend::Playlist PlaylistBackend::GetPlaylist(const int id) {
 
 }
 
-QList<PlaylistItemPtr> PlaylistBackend::GetPlaylistItems(const int playlist) {
+PlaylistItemList PlaylistBackend::GetPlaylistItems(const int playlist) {
 
-  QList<PlaylistItemPtr> playlistitems;
+  PlaylistItemList playlistitems;
 
   {
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ QList<PlaylistItemPtr> PlaylistBackend::GetPlaylistItems(const int playlist) {
     q.BindValue(":playlist", playlist);
     if (!q.Exec()) {
       db_->ReportErrors(q);
-      return QList<PlaylistItemPtr>();
+      return PlaylistItemList();
     }
 
     // it's probable that we'll have a few songs associated with the same CUE so we're caching results of parsing CUEs
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlistbackend.h b/src/playlist/playlistbackend.h
index 8362cc7bd..a9844e831 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlistbackend.h
+++ b/src/playlist/playlistbackend.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class PlaylistBackend : public QObject {
   PlaylistList GetAllFavoritePlaylists();
   PlaylistBackend::Playlist GetPlaylist(const int id);
 
-  QList<PlaylistItemPtr> GetPlaylistItems(const int playlist);
+  PlaylistItemList GetPlaylistItems(const int playlist);
   SongList GetPlaylistSongs(const int playlist);
 
   void SetPlaylistOrder(const QList<int> &ids);
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlistitem.h b/src/playlist/playlistitem.h
index 0c702d02f..22f7be681 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlistitem.h
+++ b/src/playlist/playlistitem.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ typedef std::shared_ptr<PlaylistItem> PlaylistItemPtr;
 typedef QList<PlaylistItemPtr> PlaylistItemList;
 
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(PlaylistItemPtr)
-Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QList<PlaylistItemPtr>)
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(PlaylistItemList)
 Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(PlaylistItem::Options)
 
 #endif  // PLAYLISTITEM_H