diff --git a/src/app/components/preferences/common/custom-adapters-table/custom-adapters-table.component.html b/src/app/components/preferences/common/custom-adapters-table/custom-adapters-table.component.html
index 7fecbe05..d1d000a6 100644
--- a/src/app/components/preferences/common/custom-adapters-table/custom-adapters-table.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/preferences/common/custom-adapters-table/custom-adapters-table.component.html
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     <th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef>Adapter type</th>
     <td mat-cell *matCellDef="let element; let i = index">
       <mat-select placeholder="Type" [(ngModel)]="element.adapter_type">
-        <mat-option *ngFor="let type of networkTypes" [value]="type">
-          {{ type }}
+        <mat-option *ngFor="let type of networkTypes" [value]="type.value">
+          {{ type.name }}
         </mat-option>
       </mat-select>
     </td>
diff --git a/src/app/components/preferences/qemu/qemu-vm-template-details/qemu-vm-template-details.component.html b/src/app/components/preferences/qemu/qemu-vm-template-details/qemu-vm-template-details.component.html
index a53f2b4e..0be98dbd 100644
--- a/src/app/components/preferences/qemu/qemu-vm-template-details/qemu-vm-template-details.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/preferences/qemu/qemu-vm-template-details/qemu-vm-template-details.component.html
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
         </mat-form-field>
         <mat-form-field class="form-field">
           <mat-select placeholder="Type" [(ngModel)]="qemuTemplate.adapter_type">
-            <mat-option *ngFor="let type of networkTypes" [value]="type[0]"> {{ type[1] }} ({{ type[0] }}) </mat-option>
+            <mat-option *ngFor="let type of networkTypes" [value]="type.value">{{type.name}} ({{type.value}}) </mat-option>
           </mat-select>
         </mat-form-field>
         <button mat-button class="configButton" (click)="setCustomAdaptersConfiguratorState(true)">
diff --git a/src/app/services/qemu-configuration.service.ts b/src/app/services/qemu-configuration.service.ts
index c4e8c675..5f80c1dc 100644
--- a/src/app/services/qemu-configuration.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/qemu-configuration.service.ts
@@ -12,53 +12,30 @@ export class QemuConfigurationService {
 
   getNetworkTypes() {
     // needs extending of custom adapter component
-    // let networkTypes = [["e1000", "Intel Gigabit Ethernet"],
-    //     ["i82550", "Intel i82550 Ethernet"],
-    //     ["i82551", "Intel i82551 Ethernet"],
-    //     ["i82557a", "Intel i82557A Ethernet"],
-    //     ["i82557b", "Intel i82557B Ethernet"],
-    //     ["i82557c", "Intel i82557C Ethernet"],
-    //     ["i82558a", "Intel i82558A Ethernet"],
-    //     ["i82558b", "Intel i82558B Ethernet"],
-    //     ["i82559a", "Intel i82559A Ethernet"],
-    //     ["i82559b", "Intel i82559B Ethernet"],
-    //     ["i82559c", "Intel i82559C Ethernet"],
-    //     ["i82559er", "Intel i82559ER Ethernet"],
-    //     ["i82562", "Intel i82562 Ethernet"],
-    //     ["i82801", "Intel i82801 Ethernet"],
-    //     ["ne2k_pci", "NE2000 Ethernet"],
-    //     ["pcnet", "AMD PCNet Ethernet"],
-    //     ["rtl8139", "Realtek 8139 Ethernet"],
-    //     ["virtio", "Legacy paravirtualized Network I/O"],
-    //     ["virtio-net-pci", "Paravirtualized Network I/O"],
-    //     ["vmxnet3", "VMWare Paravirtualized Ethernet v3"]];
-
     let networkTypes = [
-      'e1000',
-      'e1000-82544gc',
-      'e1000-82545em',
-      'e1000e',
-      'rocker',
-      'Intel Gigabit Ethernet',
-      'i82550',
-      'i82551',
-      'i82557a',
-      'i82557b',
-      'i82557c',
-      'i82558a',
-      'i82558b',
-      'i82559a',
-      'i82559b',
-      'i82559c',
-      'i82559er',
-      'i82562',
-      'i82801',
-      'ne2k_pci',
-      'pcnet',
-      'rtl8139',
-      'virtio',
-      'virtio-net-pci',
-      'vmxnet3',
+      { value: 'e1000', name: 'Intel Gigabit Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'e1000-82544gc', name: 'Intel 82544GC Gigabit Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'e1000-82545em', name: 'Intel 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'e1000e', name: 'Intel PCIe Gigabit Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'i82550', name: 'Intel i82550 Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'i82551', name: 'Intel i82551 Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'i82557a', name: 'Intel i82557A Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'i82557b', name: 'Intel i82557B Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'i82557c', name: 'Intel i82557C Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'i82558a', name: 'Intel i82558A Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'i82558b', name: 'Intel i82558B Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'i82559a', name: 'Intel i82559A Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'i82559b', name: 'Intel i82559B Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'i82559c', name: 'Intel i82559C Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'i82559er', name: 'Intel i82559ER Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'i82562', name: 'Intel i82562 Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'i82801', name: 'Intel i82801 Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'ne2k_pci', name: 'NE2000 Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'pcnet', name: 'AMD PCNet Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'rocker', name: 'Rocker L2 switch device' },
+      { value: 'rtl8139', name: 'Realtek 8139 Ethernet' },
+      { value: 'virtio-net-pci', name: 'Paravirtualized Network I/O' },
+      { value: 'vmxnet3', name: 'VMWare Paravirtualized Ethernet v3' },
     ];
 
     return networkTypes;