diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/elementmodel/SHCParser.java b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/elementmodel/SHCParser.java
index 92e67aab0..1e3d56895 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/elementmodel/SHCParser.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/elementmodel/SHCParser.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class SHCParser extends ParserBase {
     byte[] content = TextFile.streamToBytes(inStream);
     ByteArrayInputStream stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(content);
     List<ValidatedFragment> res = new ArrayList<>();
-    ValidatedFragment shc = new ValidatedFragment("shc", "json", content, false);
+    ValidatedFragment shc = new ValidatedFragment("shc", "txt", content, false);
     res.add(shc);
 
     String src = TextFile.streamToString(stream).trim();