diff --git a/hydrus/core/HydrusConstants.py b/hydrus/core/HydrusConstants.py
index 865d757b..eb64f763 100644
--- a/hydrus/core/HydrusConstants.py
+++ b/hydrus/core/HydrusConstants.py
@@ -713,13 +713,14 @@ UNDETERMINED_MP4 = 50
 APPLICATION_CBOR = 51
 APPLICATION_WINDOWS_EXE = 52
 AUDIO_WAVPACK = 53
-APPLICATION_SAI2 = 54
+APPLICATION_SAI2 = 54,
+IMAGE_SVG = 55,
 APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM = 100
 APPLICATION_UNKNOWN = 101
 
 GENERAL_FILETYPES = { GENERAL_APPLICATION, GENERAL_AUDIO, GENERAL_IMAGE, GENERAL_VIDEO, GENERAL_ANIMATION }
 
-SEARCHABLE_MIMES = { IMAGE_JPEG, IMAGE_PNG, IMAGE_APNG, IMAGE_GIF, IMAGE_WEBP, IMAGE_TIFF, IMAGE_ICON, APPLICATION_FLASH, VIDEO_AVI, VIDEO_FLV, VIDEO_MOV, VIDEO_MP4, VIDEO_MKV, VIDEO_REALMEDIA, VIDEO_WEBM, VIDEO_OGV, VIDEO_MPEG, APPLICATION_CLIP, APPLICATION_PSD, APPLICATION_SAI2, APPLICATION_PDF, APPLICATION_ZIP, APPLICATION_RAR, APPLICATION_7Z, AUDIO_M4A, AUDIO_MP3, AUDIO_REALMEDIA, AUDIO_OGG, AUDIO_FLAC, AUDIO_WAVE, AUDIO_TRUEAUDIO, AUDIO_WMA, VIDEO_WMV, AUDIO_MKV, AUDIO_MP4, AUDIO_WAVPACK }
+SEARCHABLE_MIMES = { IMAGE_JPEG, IMAGE_PNG, IMAGE_APNG, IMAGE_GIF, IMAGE_WEBP, IMAGE_TIFF, IMAGE_ICON, IMAGE_SVG, APPLICATION_FLASH, VIDEO_AVI, VIDEO_FLV, VIDEO_MOV, VIDEO_MP4, VIDEO_MKV, VIDEO_REALMEDIA, VIDEO_WEBM, VIDEO_OGV, VIDEO_MPEG, APPLICATION_CLIP, APPLICATION_PSD, APPLICATION_SAI2, APPLICATION_PDF, APPLICATION_ZIP, APPLICATION_RAR, APPLICATION_7Z, AUDIO_M4A, AUDIO_MP3, AUDIO_REALMEDIA, AUDIO_OGG, AUDIO_FLAC, AUDIO_WAVE, AUDIO_TRUEAUDIO, AUDIO_WMA, VIDEO_WMV, AUDIO_MKV, AUDIO_MP4, AUDIO_WAVPACK }
 
 STORABLE_MIMES = set( SEARCHABLE_MIMES ).union( { APPLICATION_HYDRUS_UPDATE_CONTENT, APPLICATION_HYDRUS_UPDATE_DEFINITIONS } )
 
@@ -727,7 +728,7 @@ ALLOWED_MIMES = set( STORABLE_MIMES ).union( { IMAGE_BMP } )
 
 DECOMPRESSION_BOMB_IMAGES = { IMAGE_JPEG, IMAGE_PNG }
 
-IMAGES = { IMAGE_JPEG, IMAGE_PNG, IMAGE_BMP, IMAGE_WEBP, IMAGE_TIFF, IMAGE_ICON }
+IMAGES = { IMAGE_JPEG, IMAGE_PNG, IMAGE_BMP, IMAGE_WEBP, IMAGE_TIFF, IMAGE_ICON, IMAGE_SVG }
 
 ANIMATIONS = { IMAGE_GIF, IMAGE_APNG }
 
@@ -768,8 +769,8 @@ FILES_THAT_CAN_HAVE_EXIF = { IMAGE_JPEG, IMAGE_TIFF }
 # images and animations that PIL can handle
 FILES_THAT_CAN_HAVE_HUMAN_READABLE_EMBEDDED_METADATA = { IMAGE_JPEG, IMAGE_PNG, IMAGE_BMP, IMAGE_WEBP, IMAGE_TIFF, IMAGE_ICON, IMAGE_GIF, IMAGE_APNG }
 
-FILES_THAT_CAN_HAVE_PIXEL_HASH = set( IMAGES ).union( { IMAGE_GIF } )
-FILES_THAT_HAVE_PERCEPTUAL_HASH = set( IMAGES )
+FILES_THAT_CAN_HAVE_PIXEL_HASH = set( IMAGES ).union( { IMAGE_GIF } ).difference( { IMAGE_SVG } )
+FILES_THAT_HAVE_PERCEPTUAL_HASH = set( IMAGES ).difference( { IMAGE_SVG } )
 
 HYDRUS_UPDATE_FILES = ( APPLICATION_HYDRUS_UPDATE_DEFINITIONS, APPLICATION_HYDRUS_UPDATE_CONTENT )
 
@@ -786,6 +787,7 @@ mime_enum_lookup = {
     'image/webp' : IMAGE_WEBP,
     'image/tiff' : IMAGE_TIFF,
     'image/x-icon' : IMAGE_ICON,
+    'image/svg+xml': IMAGE_SVG,
     'image/vnd.microsoft.icon' : IMAGE_ICON,
     'image' : IMAGES,
     'application/x-shockwave-flash' : APPLICATION_FLASH,
@@ -844,6 +846,7 @@ mime_string_lookup = {
     IMAGE_WEBP : 'webp',
     IMAGE_TIFF : 'tiff',
     IMAGE_ICON : 'icon',
+    IMAGE_SVG : 'svg',
     APPLICATION_FLASH : 'flash',
     APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM : 'application/octet-stream',
     APPLICATION_YAML : 'yaml',
@@ -904,6 +907,7 @@ mime_mimetype_string_lookup = {
     IMAGE_WEBP : 'image/webp',
     IMAGE_TIFF : 'image/tiff',
     IMAGE_ICON : 'image/x-icon',
+    IMAGE_SVG : 'image/svg+xml',
     APPLICATION_FLASH : 'application/x-shockwave-flash',
     APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM : 'application/octet-stream',
     APPLICATION_YAML : 'application/x-yaml',
@@ -965,6 +969,7 @@ mime_ext_lookup = {
     IMAGE_WEBP : '.webp',
     IMAGE_TIFF : '.tiff',
     IMAGE_ICON : '.ico',
+    IMAGE_SVG : '.svg',
     APPLICATION_FLASH : '.swf',
     APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM : '.bin',
     APPLICATION_YAML : '.yaml',
diff --git a/hydrus/core/HydrusFileHandling.py b/hydrus/core/HydrusFileHandling.py
index efebc342..45d7f621 100644
--- a/hydrus/core/HydrusFileHandling.py
+++ b/hydrus/core/HydrusFileHandling.py
@@ -460,6 +460,9 @@ def GetMime( path, ok_to_look_for_hydrus_updates = False ):
         
         return HC.TEXT_HTML
         
+    if HydrusText.LooksLikeSVG( bit_to_check ): 
+        
+        return HC.IMAGE_SVG
     
     # it is important this goes at the end, because ffmpeg has a billion false positives!
     # for instance, it once thought some hydrus update files were mpegs
diff --git a/hydrus/core/HydrusText.py b/hydrus/core/HydrusText.py
index 4504e525..77ec56c4 100644
--- a/hydrus/core/HydrusText.py
+++ b/hydrus/core/HydrusText.py
@@ -96,11 +96,33 @@ def LooksLikeHTML( file_data ):
     
     if isinstance( file_data, bytes ):
         
-        search_elements = ( b'<html', b'<HTML', b'<title', b'<TITLE' )
+        search_elements = ( b'<html', b'<HTML', b'<!DOCTYPE html', b'<!DOCTYPE HTML' )
         
     else:
         
-        search_elements = ( '<html', '<HTML', '<title', '<TITLE' )
+        search_elements = ( '<html', '<HTML', '<!DOCTYPE html', '<!DOCTYPE HTML' )
+        
+    
+    for s_e in search_elements:
+        
+        if s_e in file_data:
+            
+            return True
+            
+        
+    
+    return False
+
+def LooksLikeSVG( file_data ):
+
+
+    if isinstance( file_data, bytes ):
+        
+        search_elements = ( b'<svg', b'<SVG', b'<!DOCTYPE svg', b'<!DOCTYPE SVG' )
+        
+    else:
+        
+        search_elements = ( '<svg', '<SVG', '<!DOCTYPE svg', '<!DOCTYPE SVG' )
         
     
     for s_e in search_elements:
diff --git a/static/svg.png b/static/svg.png
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index 00000000..242c5fc9
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