diff --git a/src/bids-cfood/cfood.yml b/src/bids-cfood/cfood.yml
index afcbaf36fa5d4316727882d1987b6bc50bf8133d..417f1189b219a9661f053932a0bfeec149ed7bd4 100644
--- a/src/bids-cfood/cfood.yml
+++ b/src/bids-cfood/cfood.yml
@@ -180,9 +180,13 @@ Converters:
     BIDSSDirectory:
       package: bidsconverter.bids_dir_converter
       converter: BIDSSDirConverter
+    BIDSDataset:
+      package: bidsconverter.bids_dir_converter
+      converter: BIDSDatasetConverter
 project_level:
-  type: Directory
+  type: BIDSDataset
   match: ^(?P<name>.*)$
+  validate: True
   records:
     Dataset:
       name: "" # TODO remove if possible