diff --git a/src/app/api/record/route.ts b/src/app/api/record/route.ts
index 28ce0f40c..20ca53469 100644
--- a/src/app/api/record/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/record/route.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ interface Cache {
 }
 
 const schema = z.object({
-  website: z.uuid(),
-  events: z.array(z.any()).max(200),
-  timestamp: z.coerce.number().int().optional(),
+  type: z.literal('record'),
+  payload: z.object({
+    website: z.uuid(),
+    events: z.array(z.any()).max(200),
+    timestamp: z.coerce.number().int().optional(),
+  }),
 });
 
 export async function POST(request: Request) {
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
       return error();
     }
 
-    const { website: websiteId, events, timestamp } = body;
+    const { website: websiteId, events, timestamp } = body.payload;
 
     if (!events?.length) {
       return json({ ok: true });
diff --git a/src/lib/constants.ts b/src/lib/constants.ts
index 9044897a7..a4a004f31 100644
--- a/src/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/src/lib/constants.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export const COLLECTION_TYPE = {
   event: 'event',
   identify: 'identify',
   performance: 'performance',
+  record: 'record',
 } as const;
 
 export const WEB_VITALS_THRESHOLDS = {
diff --git a/src/recorder/index.js b/src/recorder/index.js
index 5b73cd678..3651793ca 100644
--- a/src/recorder/index.js
+++ b/src/recorder/index.js
@@ -39,9 +39,12 @@ import { record } from 'rrweb';
     if (!session?.cache) return;
 
     const body = JSON.stringify({
-      website,
-      events,
-      timestamp: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+      type: 'record',
+      payload: {
+        website,
+        events,
+        timestamp: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+      },
     });
 
     // keepalive has a 64KB body limit — only use it for small payloads on unload