diff --git a/metafacture-biblio/src/main/java/org/metafacture/biblio/marc21/MarcXmlEncoder.java b/metafacture-biblio/src/main/java/org/metafacture/biblio/marc21/MarcXmlEncoder.java
index 3d74a6f8..feecd64e 100644
--- a/metafacture-biblio/src/main/java/org/metafacture/biblio/marc21/MarcXmlEncoder.java
+++ b/metafacture-biblio/src/main/java/org/metafacture/biblio/marc21/MarcXmlEncoder.java
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ public void literal(final String name, final String value) {
                 if (name.equals(Marc21EventNames.MARCXML_TYPE_LITERAL)) {
                     if (value != null) {
                         builder.insert(recordAttributeOffset, String.format(ATTRIBUTE_TEMPLATE, name, value));
+                        recordLeaderOffset = builder.length();
                     }
                 }
                 else if (!appendLeader(name, value)) {
diff --git a/metafacture-biblio/src/test/java/org/metafacture/biblio/marc21/MarcXmlEncoderTest.java b/metafacture-biblio/src/test/java/org/metafacture/biblio/marc21/MarcXmlEncoderTest.java
index 7e4186a5..8caac8d9 100644
--- a/metafacture-biblio/src/test/java/org/metafacture/biblio/marc21/MarcXmlEncoderTest.java
+++ b/metafacture-biblio/src/test/java/org/metafacture/biblio/marc21/MarcXmlEncoderTest.java
@@ -241,6 +241,21 @@ public void issue336_createRecordWithTopLevelLeader_dummy() {
         assertEquals(expected, actual);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void issue548_createRecordWithTypeAttributeInRecordTagAndLeader() {
+        encoder.startRecord(RECORD_ID);
+        encoder.literal("type", "Bibliographic");
+        encoder.startEntity(Marc21EventNames.LEADER_ENTITY);
+        encoder.literal(Marc21EventNames.LEADER_ENTITY, "dummy");
+        encoder.endEntity();
+        encoder.endRecord();
+        encoder.closeStream();
+        String expected = XML_DECLARATION + XML_ROOT_OPEN +  "<marc:record type=\"Bibliographic\">" +
+            "<marc:leader>dummy</marc:leader></marc:record>" + XML_MARC_COLLECTION_END_TAG;
+        String actual = resultCollector.toString();
+        assertEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void issue336_createRecordWithTopLevelLeader_defaultMarc21Xml() {
         issue336_createRecordWithTopLevelLeader(encoder, "00000naa a2200000uc 4500");