diff --git a/src/storage/SimpleResourceStore.ts b/src/storage/SimpleResourceStore.ts
index f29228530..a57ad95f7 100644
--- a/src/storage/SimpleResourceStore.ts
+++ b/src/storage/SimpleResourceStore.ts
@@ -122,16 +122,21 @@ export class SimpleResourceStore implements ResourceStore {
    * Converts an array of Quads to a Representation.
    * If preferences.type contains 'text/turtle' the result will be a stream of turtle strings,
    * otherwise a stream of Quads.
+   *
+   * Note that in general this should be done by resource store specifically made for converting to turtle,
+   * this is just here to make this simple resource store work.
+   *
    * @param data - Quads to transform.
    * @param preferences - Requested preferences.
    *
    * @returns The resulting Representation.
    */
   private generateRepresentation(data: Quad[], preferences: RepresentationPreferences): Representation {
-    if (preferences.type && preferences.type.some((preference): boolean => preference.value.includes('text/turtle'))) {
-      return this.generateBinaryRepresentation(data);
+    // Always return turtle unless explicitly asked for quads
+    if (preferences.type?.some((preference): boolean => preference.value.includes('internal/quads'))) {
+      return this.generateQuadRepresentation(data);
     }
-    return this.generateQuadRepresentation(data);
+    return this.generateBinaryRepresentation(data);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/SimpleResourceStore.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/SimpleResourceStore.test.ts
index e7ac21852..53f1c5943 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/SimpleResourceStore.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/SimpleResourceStore.test.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('A SimpleResourceStore', (): void => {
   it('can write and read data.', async(): Promise<void> => {
     const identifier = await store.addResource({ path: base }, representation);
     expect(identifier.path.startsWith(base)).toBeTruthy();
-    const result = await store.getRepresentation(identifier, {});
+    const result = await store.getRepresentation(identifier, { type: [{ value: 'internal/quads', weight: 1 }]});
     expect(result).toEqual({
       dataType: 'quad',
       data: expect.any(Readable),
@@ -84,9 +84,27 @@ describe('A SimpleResourceStore', (): void => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('returns turtle data if no preference was set.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+    const identifier = await store.addResource({ path: base }, representation);
+    expect(identifier.path.startsWith(base)).toBeTruthy();
+    const result = await store.getRepresentation(identifier, { });
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      dataType: 'binary',
+      data: expect.any(Readable),
+      metadata: {
+        profiles: [],
+        raw: [],
+        contentType: 'text/turtle',
+      },
+    });
+    await expect(arrayifyStream(result.data)).resolves.toContain(
+      `<${quad.subject.value}> <${quad.predicate.value}> <${quad.object.value}>`,
+    );
+  });
+
   it('can set data.', async(): Promise<void> => {
     await store.setRepresentation({ path: base }, representation);
-    const result = await store.getRepresentation({ path: base }, {});
+    const result = await store.getRepresentation({ path: base }, { type: [{ value: 'internal/quads', weight: 1 }]});
     expect(result).toEqual({
       dataType: 'quad',
       data: expect.any(Readable),