diff --git a/applications/imv.desktop b/applications/imv.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=imv
+Exec=imv %F
+Type=Application
+MimeType=image/png;image/jpeg;image/jpg;image/gif;image/bmp;image/webp;image/tiff;image/x-xcf;image/x-portable-pixmap;image/x-xbitmap;
+Terminal=false
+Categories=Graphics;Viewer;
diff --git a/install/mimetypes.sh b/install/mimetypes.sh
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+update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications
+
+# Open all images with imv
+xdg-mime default imv.desktop image/png
+xdg-mime default imv.desktop image/jpeg
+xdg-mime default imv.desktop image/gif
+xdg-mime default imv.desktop image/webp
+xdg-mime default imv.desktop image/bmp
+xdg-mime default imv.desktop image/tiff
+
+# Open PDFs with the Document Viewer
+xdg-mime default org.gnome.Evince.desktop application/pdf