diff --git a/src/_h5ai/private/conf/options.json b/src/_h5ai/private/conf/options.json
index 11bee865..1ef43d17 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/private/conf/options.json
+++ b/src/_h5ai/private/conf/options.json
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
     "preview-img": {
         "enabled": true,
         "size": false,
-        "types": ["img", "img-bmp", "img-gif", "img-ico", "img-jpg", "img-png", "img-raw"]
+        "types": ["img", "img-bmp", "img-gif", "img-ico", "img-jpg", "img-png", "img-raw", "img-svg"]
     },
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/private/conf/types.json b/src/_h5ai/private/conf/types.json
index 187552db..38871646 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/private/conf/types.json
+++ b/src/_h5ai/private/conf/types.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "img-jpg":          ["*.jpg", "*.jpeg"],
     "img-png":          ["*.png"],
     "img-raw":          ["*.cr2", "*.nef"],
+    "img-svg":          ["*.svg"],
     "img-tiff":         ["*.tiff"],
     "txt":              ["*.text", "*.txt"],
     "txt-build":        ["*.pom", "build.xml", "pom.xml"],
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@
     "txt-rust":         ["*.rs", "*.rlib"],
     "txt-script":       ["*.conf", "*.bsh", "*.csh", "*.ini", "*.ksh", "*.sh", "*.shar", "*.tcl", "*.zsh"],
     "txt-source":       [],
-    "txt-svg":          ["*.svg"],
     "txt-tex":          ["*.tex"],
     "txt-vcal":         ["*.vcal"],
     "txt-xml":          ["*.xml"],