diff --git a/common/src/app/common/schema.cljc b/common/src/app/common/schema.cljc
index 28a4ab0f2d..241f484a0c 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/schema.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/schema.cljc
@@ -317,11 +317,14 @@
   ([params]
    (cond
      (map? params)
-     (let [type (get params :type)]
+     (let [mdata (meta params)
+           type  (or (get mdata ::id)
+                     (get mdata ::type)
+                     (get params :type))]
        (assert (qualified-keyword? type) "expected qualified keyword for `type`")
        (let [s (m/-simple-schema params)]
          (swap! sr/registry assoc type s)
-         nil))
+         s))
 
      (vector? params)
      (let [mdata (meta params)
@@ -329,11 +332,12 @@
                      (get mdata ::type))]
        (assert (qualified-keyword? type) "expected qualified keyword to be on metadata")
        (swap! sr/registry assoc type params)
-       nil)
+       params)
 
      (m/into-schema? params)
      (let [type (m/-type params)]
-       (swap! sr/registry assoc type params))
+       (swap! sr/registry assoc type params)
+       params)
 
      :else
      (throw (ex-info "Invalid Arguments" {}))))