diff --git a/swh/loader/mercurial/hgutil.py b/swh/loader/mercurial/hgutil.py
--- a/swh/loader/mercurial/hgutil.py
+++ b/swh/loader/mercurial/hgutil.py
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@
     default_rev_alias = None
     at_bookmark = all_bookmarks.get(b"@")
     if at_bookmark is not None:
+        import pdb
+
+        pdb.set_trace()
+
         bookmark_at_branch = repo[at_bookmark].branch()
         if branch_tips.get(bookmark_at_branch) is not None:
             default_rev_alias = b"bookmarks/@"
@@ -100,9 +104,16 @@
     for branch in branches_with_one_head:
         del branch_open_heads[branch]
 
+    # for bookmarks, the ids listed are not aligned with the rest, it's human
+    # readable id as bytes string instead of bytes string. Hence the extra mapping.
+    branch_bookmarks = {
+        branch: HgNodeId(bytes.fromhex(node_id.decode()))
+        for branch, node_id in all_bookmarks.items()
+    }
+
     return BranchingInfo(
         tips=branch_tips,
-        bookmarks=all_bookmarks,
+        bookmarks=branch_bookmarks,
         open_heads=branch_open_heads,
         closed_heads=branch_closed_heads,
         default_branch_alias=default_rev_alias,
diff --git a/swh/loader/mercurial/tests/test_from_disk.py b/swh/loader/mercurial/tests/test_from_disk.py
--- a/swh/loader/mercurial/tests/test_from_disk.py
+++ b/swh/loader/mercurial/tests/test_from_disk.py
@@ -725,9 +725,8 @@
     assert visit_status2.snapshot == visit_status.snapshot
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail
-def test_loader_missing_hgnodeid_mapping(swh_storage, datadir, tmp_path):
-    """TODO: Analyze this issue and update the comment about the proper behavior.
+def test_loader_repository_with_bookmark_information(swh_storage, datadir, tmp_path):
+    """Repository with bookmark information should be ingested correctly
 
     """
     archive_name = "anomad-d"