diff --git a/src/main/resources/mime.types b/src/main/resources/mime.types
index eede93b5b7a83d14fc2395ea6b8ddb4d23758206..a284d4c3b0f82c54ffb22a143921e4af2470f5ce 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/mime.types
+++ b/src/main/resources/mime.types
@@ -6,19 +6,8 @@
 #  filename extensions on the right.  Programs using this file will map
 #  files ending with those extensions to the associated type.
 #
-#  This file is part of the "mime-support" package.  Please send email (not a
-#  bug report) to mime-support@packages.debian.org if you would like new types
-#  and/or extensions to be added.
-#
-#  The reason that all types are managed by the mime-support package instead
-#  allowing individual packages to install types in much the same way as they
-#  add entries in to the mailcap file is so these types can be referenced by
-#  other programs (such as a web server) even if the specific support package
-#  for that type is not installed.
-#
-#  Users can add their own types if they wish by creating a ".mime.types"
-#  file in their home directory.  Definitions included there will take
-#  precedence over those listed here.
+#  This file has been taken from Debian's "mime-support" package and 
+#  adapted to TextGrid use.
 #
 #  Note: Compression schemes like "gzip", "bzip", and "compress" are not
 #  actually "mime-types".  They are "encodings" and hence must _not_ have
@@ -28,7 +17,33 @@
 #
 ###############################################################################
 
+# TextGrid specific types first
+text/tg.aggregation+xml			aggregation	# Aggregation
+text/tg.edition+tg.aggregation+xml	edition		# Edition
+text/tg.collection+tg.aggregation+xml	collection	# Kollektion
+text/xsd+xml				xsd		# XML Schema
+text/css				css		# Cascading Stylesheet (CSS)
+text/plain				txt		# Plain Text
+text/tg.imex+xml			imex		# Import-/Export-Mapping
+application/zip				zip		# ZIP-Archiv
+text/tg.projectfile+xml			tgp		# Project Configuration
+unknown/unknown				tgo		# Unknown
+image/x-unknown				null		# Image
+text/tg.work+xml			work		# Work
+text/linkeditorlinkedfile		tgl		# Text-Bild-Link-Objekt
+image/jpeg				jpg		# JPEG-Bild
+image/tiff				tiff		# TIFF-Bild
+image/png				png		# PNG-Bild
+image/gif				gif		# GIF image
+text/tg.workflow+xml			tgwf		# TextGrid-Workflow-Dokument
+text/gwdl.workflow+xml			gwdl		# TextGrid-Workflow-Dokument (GWDL)
+text/tg.servicedescription+xml		service		# TextGrid-Dienstebeschreibung
+application/xml-dtd			dtd		# DTD
+text/xml				xml		# XML Document
+text/xml+xslt				xsl		# XSLT Stylesheet
+
 
+# Generic stuff
 application/activemessage
 application/andrew-inset			ez
 application/annodex				anx