diff --git a/server/controllers/project.controller.js b/server/controllers/project.controller.js
index 2a83aa6a..8d69e628 100644
--- a/server/controllers/project.controller.js
+++ b/server/controllers/project.controller.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import Project from '../models/project';
 import User from '../models/user';
 import { resolvePathToFile } from '../utils/filePath';
 import generateFileSystemSafeName from '../utils/generateFileSystemSafeName';
+import mime from 'mime-types';
 
 export { default as createProject, apiCreateProject } from './project.controller/createProject';
 export { default as deleteProject } from './project.controller/deleteProject';
@@ -112,6 +113,11 @@ export function getProjectAsset(req, res) {
         return res.status(404).send({ message: 'Asset does not exist' });
       }
       if (!resolvedFile.url) {
+        // set the content type based on the filename
+        const mimetype = mime.lookup(resolvedFile.name);
+        if(mimetype) {
+          res.type(mimetype);
+        }
         return res.send(resolvedFile.content);
       }
       request({ method: 'GET', url: resolvedFile.url, encoding: null }, (innerErr, response, body) => {