diff --git a/core/bbs.js b/core/bbs.js
index 75446c45..c43d63a3 100644
--- a/core/bbs.js
+++ b/core/bbs.js
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ function initialize(cb) {
 			function initDatabases(callback) {
 				return database.initializeDatabases(callback);
 			},
+			function initMimeTypes(callback) {
+				return require('./mime_util.js').startup(callback);	
+			},
 			function initStatLog(callback) {
 				return require('./stat_log.js').init(callback);
 			},
diff --git a/core/mime_util.js b/core/mime_util.js
index ca7ab50e..0963d5e5 100644
--- a/core/mime_util.js
+++ b/core/mime_util.js
@@ -1,10 +1,33 @@
 /* jslint node: true */
 'use strict';
 
+//	deps
+const _			= require('lodash');
+
 const mimeTypes	= require('mime-types');
 
+exports.startup				= startup;
 exports.resolveMimeType		= resolveMimeType;
 
+function startup(cb) {
+	//
+	//	Add in types (not yet) supported by mime-db -- and therefor, mime-types
+	//
+	const ADDITIONAL_EXT_MIMETYPES = {
+		arj				: 'application/x-arj',
+		ans				: 'text/x-ansi',		
+	};
+
+	_.forEach(ADDITIONAL_EXT_MIMETYPES, (mimeType, ext) => {
+		//	don't override any entries
+		if(!_.isString(mimeTypes.types[ext])) {
+			mimeTypes[ext] = mimeType;
+		}
+	});
+
+	return cb(null);
+}
+
 function resolveMimeType(query) {
 	if(mimeTypes.extensions[query]) {
 		return query;	//	alreaed a mime-type