diff --git a/src/http/representation/RepresentationPreferences.ts b/src/http/representation/RepresentationPreferences.ts
index c1adcd5e4..6eb5565dd 100644
--- a/src/http/representation/RepresentationPreferences.ts
+++ b/src/http/representation/RepresentationPreferences.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@
   * "The weight is normalized to a real number in the range 0 through 1,
   * where 0.001 is the least preferred and 1 is the most preferred; a
   * value of 0 means "not acceptable"."
+  *
+  * Because of an open issue in Components.js we cannot use `Record<string, number>` right now.
+  * https://github.com/LinkedSoftwareDependencies/Components-Generator.js/issues/103
   */
-export type ValuePreferences = Record<string, number>;
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-indexed-object-style
+export type ValuePreferences = {[key: string ]: number };
 
 /**
  * A single entry of a {@link ValuePreferences} object.
diff --git a/src/storage/routing/PreferenceSupport.ts b/src/storage/routing/PreferenceSupport.ts
index 886b59460..7fbed602e 100644
--- a/src/storage/routing/PreferenceSupport.ts
+++ b/src/storage/routing/PreferenceSupport.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ export class PreferenceSupport {
   private readonly preferences: RepresentationPreferences;
   private readonly converter: RepresentationConverter;
 
-  public constructor(type: string, converter: RepresentationConverter) {
-    this.preferences = { type: { [type]: 1 }};
+  public constructor(preferences: RepresentationPreferences, converter: RepresentationConverter) {
+    this.preferences = preferences;
     this.converter = converter;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/routing/PreferenceSupport.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/routing/PreferenceSupport.test.ts
index 8ecfe32d0..eb11c5052 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/routing/PreferenceSupport.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/routing/PreferenceSupport.test.ts
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@ import { PreferenceSupport } from '../../../../src/storage/routing/PreferenceSup
 import { BadRequestHttpError } from '../../../../src/util/errors/BadRequestHttpError';
 
 describe('A PreferenceSupport', (): void => {
-  const type = 'internal/quads';
-  const preferences: RepresentationPreferences = { type: { [type]: 1 }};
+  let preferences: RepresentationPreferences;
   let converter: RepresentationConverter;
   let support: PreferenceSupport;
+  const type = 'internal/quads';
   const identifier: ResourceIdentifier = 'identifier' as any;
   const representation: Representation = 'representation' as any;
 
   beforeEach(async(): Promise<void> => {
+    preferences = { type: { [type]: 1 }};
     converter = { canHandle: jest.fn() } as any;
-    support = new PreferenceSupport(type, converter);
+    support = new PreferenceSupport(preferences, converter);
   });
 
   it('returns true if the converter supports the input.', async(): Promise<void> => {