diff --git a/packages/api/src/entity/entity_label.ts b/packages/api/src/entity/entity_label.ts
index 44e061faa..392a4e121 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/entity/entity_label.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/entity/entity_label.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-import { Column, Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm'
+import {
+  Column,
+  Entity,
+  JoinColumn,
+  ManyToOne,
+  PrimaryGeneratedColumn,
+} from 'typeorm'
+import { Label } from './label'
 
 // for labels created by rules, we use the rule name as the source, for example: 'rule:my-rule'
 // for labels created by users, we use 'user'
@@ -18,6 +25,10 @@ export class EntityLabel {
   @Column('uuid')
   labelId!: string
 
+  @ManyToOne(() => Label)
+  @JoinColumn({ name: 'label_id' })
+  label!: Label
+
   @Column('uuid')
   libraryItemId?: string | null
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts b/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
index c015e3a43..a3d814b9f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/generated/graphql.ts
@@ -1091,6 +1091,7 @@ export type Label = {
   internal?: Maybe<Scalars['Boolean']>;
   name: Scalars['String'];
   position?: Maybe<Scalars['Int']>;
+  source?: Maybe<Scalars['String']>;
 };
 
 export type LabelsError = {
@@ -5181,6 +5182,7 @@ export type LabelResolvers<ContextType = ResolverContext, ParentType extends Res
   internal?: Resolver<Maybe<ResolversTypes['Boolean']>, ParentType, ContextType>;
   name?: Resolver<ResolversTypes['String'], ParentType, ContextType>;
   position?: Resolver<Maybe<ResolversTypes['Int']>, ParentType, ContextType>;
+  source?: Resolver<Maybe<ResolversTypes['String']>, ParentType, ContextType>;
   __isTypeOf?: IsTypeOfResolverFn<ParentType, ContextType>;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql b/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
index 1dc9c76b0..e57928d48 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
+++ b/packages/api/src/generated/schema.graphql
@@ -975,6 +975,7 @@ type Label {
   internal: Boolean
   name: String!
   position: Int
+  source: String
 }
 
 type LabelsError {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/schema.ts b/packages/api/src/schema.ts
index 6c9332167..fc6828362 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/schema.ts
@@ -1446,6 +1446,7 @@ const schema = gql`
     createdAt: Date
     position: Int
     internal: Boolean
+    source: String
   }
 
   type LabelsSuccess {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/labels.ts b/packages/api/src/services/labels.ts
index 86b9c6297..9e8a508c8 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/labels.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/labels.ts
@@ -287,23 +287,19 @@ export const findLabelById = async (id: string, userId: string) => {
 export const findLabelsByLibraryItemId = async (
   libraryItemId: string,
   userId: string
-) => {
+): Promise<(Label & { source: string })[]> => {
   return authTrx(
-    async (tx) =>
-      tx
-        .createQueryBuilder(Label, 'label')
-        .innerJoin(
-          EntityLabel,
-          'entityLabel',
-          'entityLabel.label_id = label.id'
-        )
-        .innerJoin(
-          LibraryItem,
-          'LibraryItem',
-          'LibraryItem.id = entityLabel.library_item_id'
-        )
-        .where('LibraryItem.id = :libraryItemId', { libraryItemId })
-        .getMany(),
+    async (tx) => {
+      const entityLabels = await tx.getRepository(EntityLabel).find({
+        where: { libraryItemId },
+        relations: ['label'],
+      })
+
+      return entityLabels.map((el) => ({
+        ...el.label,
+        source: el.source,
+      }))
+    },
     undefined,
     userId
   )
diff --git a/packages/api/test/resolvers/labels.test.ts b/packages/api/test/resolvers/labels.test.ts
index 4ca69ca07..22f8cdf4c 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/resolvers/labels.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/resolvers/labels.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   createLabel,
   deleteLabels,
   findLabelById,
+  findLabelsByLibraryItemId,
   findLabelsByUserId,
   saveLabelsInHighlight,
 } from '../../src/services/labels'
@@ -320,6 +321,7 @@ describe('Labels API', () => {
     let labelIds: string[] = []
     let labels: Label[]
     let item: LibraryItem
+    let source: string
 
     before(async () => {
       //  create testing labels
@@ -327,6 +329,7 @@ describe('Labels API', () => {
       const label2 = await createLabel('label_2', '#eeeeee', user.id)
       labels = [label1, label2]
       item = await createTestLibraryItem(user.id)
+      source = 'user'
     })
 
     after(async () => {
@@ -347,7 +350,8 @@ describe('Labels API', () => {
               labelIds: [
                 "${labelIds[0]}",
                 "${labelIds[1]}"
-              ]
+              ],
+              source: "${source}"
             }
           ) {
             ... on SetLabelsSuccess {
@@ -368,12 +372,14 @@ describe('Labels API', () => {
       before(() => {
         itemId = item.id
         labelIds = [labels[0].id, labels[1].id]
+        source = 'rule:my-rule'
       })
 
-      it('should set labels', async () => {
+      it('sets labels', async () => {
         await graphqlRequest(query, authToken).expect(200)
-        const page = await findLibraryItemById(itemId, user.id)
-        expect(page?.labels?.map((l) => l.id)).to.eql(labelIds)
+        const labels = await findLabelsByLibraryItemId(itemId, user.id)
+        expect(labels.map((l) => l.id)).to.eql(labelIds)
+        expect(labels[0].source).to.eql(source)
       })
     })