diff --git a/Framework/src/runnerUtils.cxx b/Framework/src/runnerUtils.cxx
index 4532ef33d8..7408ddb63b 100644
--- a/Framework/src/runnerUtils.cxx
+++ b/Framework/src/runnerUtils.cxx
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ std::string translateBeamType(const std::string& pdpBeamType)
     result = "Pb-Pb";
   } else if (pdpBeamType == "pPb") {
     result = "Pb-PROTON";
+  } else if (pdpBeamType == "cosmic") {
+    result = "cosmic";
   } else {
     ILOG(Warning, Ops) << "Failed to convert the pdp beam type ('" << pdpBeamType << "'), returning an empty string" << ENDM;
   }
diff --git a/doc/Advanced.md b/doc/Advanced.md
index 38c67576e5..6203b85ec6 100644
--- a/doc/Advanced.md
+++ b/doc/Advanced.md
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ The new syntax is
 ```
 It allows to have variations of the parameters depending on the run and beam types. The proper run types can be found here: [ECSDataAdapters.h](https://github.com/AliceO2Group/AliceO2/blob/dev/DataFormats/Parameters/include/DataFormatsParameters/ECSDataAdapters.h#L54). The `default` can be used 
 to ignore the run or the beam type. 
-The beam type is one of the following: `PROTON-PROTON`, `Pb-Pb`, `Pb-PROTON`
+The beam type is one of the following: `PROTON-PROTON`, `Pb-Pb`, `Pb-PROTON`, `cosmic`.
 
 The values can be accessed in various ways described in the following sub-sections.