diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
index 40a4deb38..d6cc7b34d 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/subscriptions/index.ts
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ export const scanFeedsResolver = authorized<
     const response = await axios.get(url, RSS_PARSER_CONFIG)
     const content = response.data as string
     // check if the content is html or xml
-    const contentType = response.headers['Content-Type'] as string
+    const contentType = response.headers['Content-Type']
     const isHtml = contentType?.includes('text/html')
     if (isHtml) {
       // this is an html page, parse rss feed links