diff --git a/models/comic.model.ts b/models/comic.model.ts
index ea4982e..ce52894 100644
--- a/models/comic.model.ts
+++ b/models/comic.model.ts
@@ -25,15 +25,13 @@ const RawFileDetailsSchema = mongoose.Schema({
 	filePath: String,
 	fileSize: Number,
 	extension: String,
+	mimeType: String,
 	containedIn: String,
 	pageCount: Number,
 	cover: {
 		filePath: String,
 		stats: Object,
 	},
-	calibreMetadata: {
-		coverWriteResult: String,
-	},
 });
 
 const LOCGSchema = mongoose.Schema({
diff --git a/services/importqueue.service.ts b/services/importqueue.service.ts
index 2fe1506..74720ec 100644
--- a/services/importqueue.service.ts
+++ b/services/importqueue.service.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export default class QueueService extends Service {
 							filePath,
 							fileSize,
 							extension,
+							mimeType,
 							cover,
 							containedIn,
 							comicInfoJSON,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ export default class QueueService extends Service {
 								filePath,
 								fileSize,
 								extension,
+								mimeType,
 								containedIn,
 								cover,
 							},
diff --git a/utils/uncompression.utils.ts b/utils/uncompression.utils.ts
index 6af8a81..d29058c 100644
--- a/utils/uncompression.utils.ts
+++ b/utils/uncompression.utils.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ interface RarFile {
 }
 
 const UNRAR_BIN_PATH = process.env.UNRAR_BIN_PATH || "/usr/local/bin/unrar";
-
+// errors array
+const errors = [];
 /**
  * Method that extracts comicInfo.xml file from a .rar archive, if one exists.
  * Also extracts the first image in the listing, which is assumed to be the cover.
@@ -71,7 +72,8 @@ const UNRAR_BIN_PATH = process.env.UNRAR_BIN_PATH || "/usr/local/bin/unrar";
  * @returns {any}
  */
 export const extractComicInfoXMLFromRar = async (
-	filePath: string
+	filePath: string,
+	mimeType: string,
 ): Promise<any> => {
 	try {
 		// Create the target directory
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@ export const extractComicInfoXMLFromRar = async (
 								extension,
 								containedIn: targetDirectory,
 								fileSize: fse.statSync(filePath).size,
+								mimeType,
 								cover: {
 									filePath: path.relative(
 										process.cwd(),
@@ -205,7 +208,8 @@ export const extractComicInfoXMLFromRar = async (
 };
 
 export const extractComicInfoXMLFromZip = async (
-	filePath: string
+	filePath: string,
+	mimeType: string,
 ): Promise<any> => {
 	try {
 		// Create the target directory
@@ -250,9 +254,7 @@ export const extractComicInfoXMLFromZip = async (
 		// Push the first file (cover) to our extraction target
 		extractionTargets.push(files[0].name);
 		filesToWriteToDisk.coverFile = path.basename(files[0].name);
-		console.log(
-			`sanitized or not, here I am: ${filesToWriteToDisk.coverFile}`
-		);
+	
 		if (!isEmpty(comicInfoXMLFileObject)) {
 			filesToWriteToDisk.comicInfoXML = comicInfoXMLFileObject[0].name;
 			extractionTargets.push(filesToWriteToDisk.comicInfoXML);
@@ -323,6 +325,7 @@ export const extractComicInfoXMLFromZip = async (
 							filePath,
 							name: fileNameWithoutExtension,
 							extension,
+							mimeType,
 							containedIn: targetDirectory,
 							fileSize: fse.statSync(filePath).size,
 							cover: {
@@ -347,20 +350,17 @@ export const extractComicInfoXMLFromZip = async (
 export const extractFromArchive = async (filePath: string) => {
 	console.info(`Unrar is located at: ${UNRAR_BIN_PATH}`);
 	console.info(`p7zip is located at: ${process.env.SEVENZ_BINARY_PATH}`);
-	const { extension } = getFileConstituents(filePath);
-	console.log(
-		`Detected file type is ${extension}, looking for comicinfo.xml...`
-	);
+
 	const mimeType = await getMimeType(filePath);
 	console.log(`File has the following mime-type: ${mimeType}`);
 	switch (mimeType) {
 		case "application/x-7z-compressed; charset=binary":
 		case "application/zip; charset=binary":
-			const cbzResult = await extractComicInfoXMLFromZip(filePath);
+			const cbzResult = await extractComicInfoXMLFromZip(filePath, mimeType);
 			return Object.assign({}, ...cbzResult);
 
 		case "application/x-rar; charset=binary":
-			const cbrResult = await extractComicInfoXMLFromRar(filePath);
+			const cbrResult = await extractComicInfoXMLFromRar(filePath, mimeType);
 			return Object.assign({}, ...cbrResult);
 
 		default:
@@ -381,13 +381,20 @@ export const uncompressEntireArchive = async (
 	filePath: string,
 	options: any
 ) => {
-	const { extension } = getFileConstituents(filePath);
-	switch (extension) {
-		case ".cbz":
-		case ".cb7":
-			return await uncompressZipArchive(filePath, options);
-		case ".cbr":
-			return await uncompressRarArchive(filePath, options);
+	const mimeType = await getMimeType(filePath);
+	console.log(`File has the following mime-type: ${mimeType}`);
+	switch (mimeType) {
+		case "application/x-7z-compressed; charset=binary":
+		case "application/zip; charset=binary":
+			return await uncompressZipArchive(filePath, {
+				...options,
+				mimeType,
+			});
+		case "application/x-rar; charset=binary":
+			return await uncompressRarArchive(filePath, {
+				...options,
+				mimeType,
+			});
 	}
 };