diff --git a/modules/sovrnBidAdapter.js b/modules/sovrnBidAdapter.js
index 49d7924537f..56f51ccdebb 100644
--- a/modules/sovrnBidAdapter.js
+++ b/modules/sovrnBidAdapter.js
@@ -234,15 +234,15 @@ export const spec = {
             dealId: sovrnBid.dealid || null,
             currency: 'USD',
             netRevenue: true,
-            mediaType: sovrnBid.nurl ? BANNER : VIDEO,
+            mediaType: sovrnBid.mtype == 2 ? VIDEO : BANNER,
             ttl: sovrnBid.ext?.ttl || 90,
             meta: { advertiserDomains: sovrnBid && sovrnBid.adomain ? sovrnBid.adomain : [] }
           }
 
-          if (sovrnBid.nurl) {
-            bid.ad = decodeURIComponent(`${sovrnBid.adm}<img src="${sovrnBid.nurl}">`)
-          } else {
+          if (sovrnBid.mtype == 2) {
             bid.vastXml = decodeURIComponent(sovrnBid.adm)
+          } else {
+            bid.ad = sovrnBid.nurl ? decodeURIComponent(`${sovrnBid.adm}<img src="${sovrnBid.nurl}">`) : decodeURIComponent(sovrnBid.adm)
           }
 
           return bid
diff --git a/test/spec/modules/sovrnBidAdapter_spec.js b/test/spec/modules/sovrnBidAdapter_spec.js
index 05d18a0bb98..3f5a1e52cda 100644
--- a/test/spec/modules/sovrnBidAdapter_spec.js
+++ b/test/spec/modules/sovrnBidAdapter_spec.js
@@ -763,7 +763,8 @@ describe('sovrnBidAdapter', function() {
       nurl: '',
       adm: '<VAST version="4.2" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://www.iab.com/VAST">key%3Dvalue</VAST>',
       h: 480,
-      w: 640
+      w: 640,
+      mtype: 2
     }
     const bannerBid = {
       id: 'a_403370_332fdb9b064040ddbec05891bd13ab28',
@@ -773,7 +774,8 @@ describe('sovrnBidAdapter', function() {
       nurl: '<!-- NURL -->',
       adm: '<!-- Creative -->',
       h: 90,
-      w: 728
+      w: 728,
+      mtype: 1
     }
 
     beforeEach(function () {
@@ -789,6 +791,71 @@ describe('sovrnBidAdapter', function() {
       }
     })
 
+    it('Should return the bid response of correct type when nurl is missing', function () {
+      const expectedResponse = {
+        requestId: '263c448586f5a1',
+        cpm: 0.45882675,
+        width: 728,
+        height: 90,
+        creativeId: 'creativelycreatedcreativecreative',
+        dealId: null,
+        currency: 'USD',
+        netRevenue: true,
+        mediaType: 'banner',
+        ttl: 60000,
+        meta: { advertiserDomains: [] },
+        ad: decodeURIComponent(`<!-- Creative -->`)
+      }
+
+      response = {
+        body: {
+          id: '37386aade21a71',
+          seatbid: [{
+            bid: [{
+              ...bannerBid,
+              nurl: ''
+            }]
+          }]
+        }
+      }
+
+      const result = spec.interpretResponse(response)
+
+      expect(Object.keys(result[0])).to.deep.equal(Object.keys(expectedResponse))
+    })
+
+    it('Should return the bid response of correct type when nurl is present', function () {
+      const expectedResponse = {
+        requestId: '263c448586f5a1',
+        cpm: 0.45882675,
+        width: 728,
+        height: 90,
+        creativeId: 'creativelycreatedcreativecreative',
+        dealId: null,
+        currency: 'USD',
+        netRevenue: true,
+        mediaType: 'banner',
+        ttl: 60000,
+        meta: { advertiserDomains: [] },
+        ad: decodeURIComponent(`<!-- Creative --><img src=<!-- NURL -->>`)
+      }
+
+      response = {
+        body: {
+          id: '37386aade21a71',
+          seatbid: [{
+            bid: [{
+              ...bannerBid
+            }]
+          }]
+        }
+      }
+
+      const result = spec.interpretResponse(response)
+
+      expect(Object.keys(result[0])).to.deep.equal(Object.keys(expectedResponse))
+    })
+
     it('should get the correct bid response', function () {
       const expectedResponse = {
         requestId: '263c448586f5a1',
@@ -1072,7 +1139,8 @@ describe('sovrnBidAdapter', function() {
               nurl: '',
               adm: bidAdm,
               h: 480,
-              w: 640
+              w: 640,
+              mtype: 2
             }]
           }]
         }