diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index c1d1b27e4e..53dc0c5b21 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `photo` (
   `desc` text NOT NULL,
   `album` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `filename` char(255) NOT NULL,
+  `type` CHAR(128) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'image/jpeg',
   `height` smallint(6) NOT NULL,
   `width` smallint(6) NOT NULL,
   `data` mediumblob NOT NULL,
diff --git a/include/Photo.php b/include/Photo.php
index ffefc37eca..f769a70a6e 100644
--- a/include/Photo.php
+++ b/include/Photo.php
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ class Photo {
 
 
 		$dest = imagecreatetruecolor( $dest_width, $dest_height );
-		imagealphablending($dest->image, false);
+		imagealphablending($dest, false);
 		imagesavealpha($dest, true);
-		if ($this->type=='image/png') imagefill($dest, 0, 0, imagecolorallocatealpha($dest, 0, 0, 0, 127));; // fill with alpha
+		if ($this->type=='image/png') imagefill($dest, 0, 0, imagecolorallocatealpha($dest, 0, 0, 0, 127)); // fill with alpha
 		imagecopyresampled($dest, $this->image, 0, 0, 0, 0, $dest_width, $dest_height, $width, $height);
 		if($this->image)
 			imagedestroy($this->image);
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ class Photo {
 
 
 		$dest = imagecreatetruecolor( $dest_width, $dest_height );
-		imagealphablending($dest->image, false);
+		imagealphablending($dest, false);
 		imagesavealpha($dest, true);
-		if ($this->type=='image/png') imagefill($dest, 0, 0, imagecolorallocatealpha($dest, 0, 0, 0, 127));; // fill with alpha
+		if ($this->type=='image/png') imagefill($dest, 0, 0, imagecolorallocatealpha($dest, 0, 0, 0, 127)); // fill with alpha
 		imagecopyresampled($dest, $this->image, 0, 0, 0, 0, $dest_width, $dest_height, $width, $height);
 		if($this->image)
 			imagedestroy($this->image);
@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ class Photo {
 	public function scaleImageSquare($dim) {
 
 		$dest = imagecreatetruecolor( $dim, $dim );
-		imagealphablending($dest->image, false);
+		imagealphablending($dest, false);
 		imagesavealpha($dest, true);
-		if ($this->type=='image/png') imagefill($dest, 0, 0, imagecolorallocatealpha($dest, 0, 0, 0, 127));; // fill with alpha
+		if ($this->type=='image/png') imagefill($dest, 0, 0, imagecolorallocatealpha($dest, 0, 0, 0, 127)); // fill with alpha
 		imagecopyresampled($dest, $this->image, 0, 0, 0, 0, $dim, $dim, $this->width, $this->height);
 		if($this->image)
 			imagedestroy($this->image);
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ class Photo {
 
 	public function cropImage($max,$x,$y,$w,$h) {
 		$dest = imagecreatetruecolor( $max, $max );
-		imagealphablending($dest->image, false);
+		imagealphablending($dest, false);
 		imagesavealpha($dest, true);
-		if ($this->type=='image/png') imagefill($dest, 0, 0, imagecolorallocatealpha($dest, 0, 0, 0, 127));; // fill with alpha
+		if ($this->type=='image/png') imagefill($dest, 0, 0, imagecolorallocatealpha($dest, 0, 0, 0, 127)); // fill with alpha
 		imagecopyresampled($dest, $this->image, 0, 0, $x, $y, $max, $max, $w, $h);
 		if($this->image)
 			imagedestroy($this->image);
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ class Photo {
  * @arg $fromcurl boolean Check Content-Type header from curl request
  */
 function guess_image_type($filename, $fromcurl=false) {
+    logger('Photo: guess_image_type: '.$filename . ($fromcurl?' from curl headers':''), LOGGER_DEBUG);
 	$type = null;
 	if ($fromcurl) {
 		$a = get_app(); 
@@ -310,12 +311,13 @@ function guess_image_type($filename, $fromcurl=false) {
 	if (is_null($type)){
 		$ext = pathinfo($filename, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
 		$types = Photo::supportedTypes();
-		foreach ($types as $m=>$e){
-			if ($ext==$e) return $m;
-		}
 		$type = "image/jpeg";
-	}
+		foreach ($types as $m=>$e){
+			if ($ext==$e) $type = $m;
+		}
 
+	}
+    logger('Photo: guess_image_type: type='.$type, LOGGER_DEBUG);
 	return $type;
 	
 }
diff --git a/mod/fbrowser.php b/mod/fbrowser.php
index 66ff9252eb..3f034226e1 100644
--- a/mod/fbrowser.php
+++ b/mod/fbrowser.php
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
  * @subpackage	FileBrowser
  * @author		Fabio Comuni <fabrixxm@kirgroup.com>
  */
- 
+
+require_once('include/Photo.php');
+
 /**
  * @param App $a
  */
@@ -43,14 +45,22 @@ function fbrowser_content($a){
 				$path[]=array($a->get_baseurl()."/fbrowser/image/".$a->argv[2]."/", $album);
 			}
 				
-			$r = q("SELECT `resource-id`, `id`, `filename`, min(`scale`) AS `hiq`,max(`scale`) AS `loq`, `desc`  
+			$r = q("SELECT `resource-id`, `id`, `filename`, type, min(`scale`) AS `hiq`,max(`scale`) AS `loq`, `desc`  
 					FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d $sql_extra
 					GROUP BY `resource-id` $sql_extra2",
 				intval(local_user())					
 			);
 			
-			
-			function files1($rr){ global $a; return array( $a->get_baseurl() . '/photo/' . $rr['resource-id'] . '-' . $rr['hiq'] . '.jpg', template_escape($rr['filename']), $a->get_baseurl() . '/photo/' . $rr['resource-id'] . '-' . $rr['loq'] . '.jpg');  }
+			function files1($rr){ 
+				global $a;
+				$types = Photo::supportedTypes();
+				$ext = $types[$rr['type']];
+				return array( 
+					$a->get_baseurl() . '/photo/' . $rr['resource-id'] . '-' . $rr['hiq'] . '.' .$ext, 
+					template_escape($rr['filename']), 
+					$a->get_baseurl() . '/photo/' . $rr['resource-id'] . '-' . $rr['loq'] . '.'. $ext
+				);
+			}
 			$files = array_map("files1", $r);
 			
 			$tpl = get_markup_template("filebrowser.tpl");
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 0723535871..efeab8fa3c 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -682,9 +682,9 @@ function photos_post(&$a) {
 		$filesize   = intval($_FILES['userfile']['size']);
 		$type       = $_FILES['userfile']['type'];
 	}
-	
+	if ($type=="") $type=guess_image_type($filename);
 
-	logger('photos: upload: received file: ' . $filename . ' as ' . $src . ' '. $type . ' ' . $filesize . ' bytes', LOGGER_DEBUG);
+	logger('photos: upload: received file: ' . $filename . ' as ' . $src . ' ('. $type . ') ' . $filesize . ' bytes', LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
 	$maximagesize = get_config('system','maximagesize');
 
diff --git a/mod/profile_photo.php b/mod/profile_photo.php
index 2817f39423..e44707f9bb 100644
--- a/mod/profile_photo.php
+++ b/mod/profile_photo.php
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ function profile_photo_post(&$a) {
 	$filename = basename($_FILES['userfile']['name']);
 	$filesize = intval($_FILES['userfile']['size']);
 	$filetype = $_FILES['userfile']['type'];
-
+    if ($filetype=="") $filetype=guess_image_type($filename);
+    
 	$maximagesize = get_config('system','maximagesize');
 
 	if(($maximagesize) && ($filesize > $maximagesize)) {
diff --git a/mod/wall_upload.php b/mod/wall_upload.php
index 20666e0ef4..4b81f8d1c2 100644
--- a/mod/wall_upload.php
+++ b/mod/wall_upload.php
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ function wall_upload_post(&$a) {
 		$filesize = intval($_FILES['media']['size']);
 		$filetype = $_FILES['media']['type'];
 	}
-
+	
+    if ($filetype=="") $filetype=guess_image_type($filename);
 	$maximagesize = get_config('system','maximagesize');
 
 	if(($maximagesize) && ($filesize > $maximagesize)) {