diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 8d49d34..5852e24 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -262,4 +262,5 @@ Version 0.3.3
   Version 0.3.4
   
 - fixed backward compatibility to VDR version < 2.1.1 where
-  cRecording::IsInUse() was introduced
\ No newline at end of file
+  cRecording::IsInUse() was introduced
+- automatically detect type of image if no file extension is available
diff --git a/libcore/imageloader.c b/libcore/imageloader.c
index 9b2a5b7..96c2915 100644
--- a/libcore/imageloader.c
+++ b/libcore/imageloader.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
 
 cImageLoader::cImageLoader() {
     importer = NULL;
@@ -77,8 +78,11 @@ bool cImageLoader::LoadImage(const char *fullpath) {
         importer = new cImageImporterSVG;
     else if (endswith(fullpath, ".jpg"))
         importer = new cImageImporterJPG;
-    else
-        return false;
+    else {
+        importer = cImageImporter::CreateImageImporter(fullpath);
+        if (!importer)
+            return false;
+    }
 
     return importer->LoadImage(fullpath);
 }
@@ -91,6 +95,35 @@ bool cImageLoader::LoadImage(std::string Path, std::string FileName, std::string
     return LoadImage(imgFile.c_str());
 }
 
+cImageImporter* cImageImporter::CreateImageImporter(const char* path) {
+    char pngSig[] = { 0x89, 0x50, 0x4E, 0x47, 0x0D, 0x0A, 0x1A, 0x0A };
+    char jpgSig[] = { 0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF, 0xD9 };
+    char buffer[8] = { 0 };
+    ifstream f(path, ios::in | ios::binary);
+    f.read(buffer, 8);
+    if (!f)
+        return NULL;
+    if(buffer[0] == jpgSig[0] && buffer[1] == jpgSig[1]) {
+        f.seekg(-2, f.end);
+        f.read(buffer, 2);
+        if(buffer[0] == jpgSig[2] && buffer[1] == jpgSig[3]) {
+            f.close();
+            return new cImageImporterJPG;
+        }
+    } else if(buffer[0] == pngSig[0] 
+        && buffer[1] == pngSig[1]
+        && buffer[2] == pngSig[2]
+        && buffer[3] == pngSig[3]
+        && buffer[4] == pngSig[4]
+        && buffer[5] == pngSig[5]
+        && buffer[6] == pngSig[6]
+        && buffer[7] == pngSig[7]) {
+            f.close();
+            return new cImageImporterPNG;
+    } 
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 //
 // Image importer for PNG
 //
diff --git a/libcore/imageloader.h b/libcore/imageloader.h
index 6a83dec..93a81ab 100644
--- a/libcore/imageloader.h
+++ b/libcore/imageloader.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public:
     virtual bool LoadImage(const char *path) { return false; };
     virtual void DrawToCairo(cairo_t *cr) {};
     virtual void GetImageSize(int &width, int &height) {};
+    static cImageImporter* CreateImageImporter(const char* path);
 };
 
 // Image importer for PNG