diff --git a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/load/load_hda.py b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/load/load_hda.py
index b04e211aa4..233ec91ced 100644
--- a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/load/load_hda.py
+++ b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/load/load_hda.py
@@ -28,14 +28,17 @@ class HdaLoader(plugin.HoudiniLoader):
         # Get the root node
         obj = hou.node("/obj")
 
-        # Create a unique name
-        counter = 1
         namespace = namespace or context["folder"]["name"]
-        formatted = "{}_{}".format(namespace, name) if namespace else name
-        node_name = "{0}_{1:03d}".format(formatted, counter)
+        node_name = "{}_{}".format(namespace, name) if namespace else name
 
         hou.hda.installFile(file_path)
-        hda_node = obj.createNode(name, node_name)
+
+        # Get the type name from the HDA definition.
+        hda_defs = hou.hda.definitionsInFile(file_path)
+        for hda_def in hda_defs:
+            type_name = hda_def.nodeTypeName()
+
+        hda_node = obj.createNode(type_name, node_name)
 
         self[:] = [hda_node]