diff --git a/src/network/mcpe/handler/InGamePacketHandler.php b/src/network/mcpe/handler/InGamePacketHandler.php
index b2fd157ad..04e1c847b 100644
--- a/src/network/mcpe/handler/InGamePacketHandler.php
+++ b/src/network/mcpe/handler/InGamePacketHandler.php
@@ -762,7 +762,16 @@ class InGamePacketHandler extends PacketHandler{
 				return false;
 		}
 
-		$event = new PlayerEditBookEvent($this->player, $oldBook, $newBook, $packet->type, $modifiedPages);
+		//for redundancy, in case of protocol changes, we don't want to pass these directly
+		$action = match($packet->type){
+			BookEditPacket::TYPE_REPLACE_PAGE => PlayerEditBookEvent::ACTION_REPLACE_PAGE,
+			BookEditPacket::TYPE_ADD_PAGE => PlayerEditBookEvent::ACTION_ADD_PAGE,
+			BookEditPacket::TYPE_DELETE_PAGE => PlayerEditBookEvent::ACTION_DELETE_PAGE,
+			BookEditPacket::TYPE_SWAP_PAGES => PlayerEditBookEvent::ACTION_SWAP_PAGES,
+			BookEditPacket::TYPE_SIGN_BOOK => PlayerEditBookEvent::ACTION_SIGN_BOOK,
+			default => throw new AssumptionFailedError("We already filtered unknown types in the switch above")
+		};
+		$event = new PlayerEditBookEvent($this->player, $oldBook, $newBook, $action, $modifiedPages);
 		$event->call();
 		if($event->isCancelled()){
 			return true;