diff --git a/src/backend/app/projects/project_crud.py b/src/backend/app/projects/project_crud.py
index 0904ea9799..35efac7c30 100644
--- a/src/backend/app/projects/project_crud.py
+++ b/src/backend/app/projects/project_crud.py
@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@
 from osm_fieldwork.OdkCentral import OdkAppUser
 from osm_fieldwork.xlsforms import xlsforms_path
 from shapely import wkt
-from shapely.geometry import MultiPolygon, Polygon, mapping, shape
+from shapely.geometry import (
+    LineString,
+    MultiLineString,
+    MultiPolygon,
+    Polygon,
+    mapping,
+    shape,
+)
 from sqlalchemy import and_, column, func, inspect, select, table, text
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import insert
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
@@ -1161,6 +1168,10 @@ def upload_custom_data_extracts(
             wkb_element = from_shape(
                 Polygon(feature["geometry"]["coordinates"][0][0]), srid=4326
             )
+        elif isinstance(feature_shape, MultiLineString):
+            wkb_element = from_shape(
+                LineString(feature["geometry"]["coordinates"][0]), srid=4326
+            )
         else:
             wkb_element = from_shape(feature_shape, srid=4326)