diff --git a/js/ImageParser.js b/js/ImageParser.js
index efe424a02..d23d147ab 100644
--- a/js/ImageParser.js
+++ b/js/ImageParser.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var ImageParser = function(options) {
 
 ImageParser.prototype.parse = function(type,text) {
     var src;
-    if(type === "image/svg+xml") {
+    if(type === "image/svg+xml" || type === ".svg") {
         src = "data:" + type + "," + encodeURIComponent(text);
 	} else {
         src = "data:" + type + ";base64," + text;
diff --git a/tiddlywiki5/tiddlers/TypedBlockTests.tid b/tiddlywiki5/tiddlers/TypedBlockTests.tid
index e4b408940..207abaf34 100644
--- a/tiddlywiki5/tiddlers/TypedBlockTests.tid
+++ b/tiddlywiki5/tiddlers/TypedBlockTests.tid
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ $$$
 
 This renders as:
 
-$$$image/svg+xml
+$$$.svg
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="150" height="100">
   <circle cx="100" cy="50" r="40" stroke="black" stroke-width="2" fill="red" />
 </svg>