diff --git a/sunshine/nvhttp.cpp b/sunshine/nvhttp.cpp
index ddc5dd41..7e516cd9 100644
--- a/sunshine/nvhttp.cpp
+++ b/sunshine/nvhttp.cpp
@@ -766,10 +766,12 @@ void appasset(resp_https_t response, req_https_t request) {
   print_req<SimpleWeb::HTTPS>(request);
 
   auto args = request->parse_query_string();
-  auto app_image = proc::proc.get_app_image(util::from_view(args.at("appid")));
-  
+  auto [ app_image, image_content_type ] = proc::proc.get_app_image(util::from_view(args.at("appid")));
+
   std::ifstream in(app_image, std::ios::binary);
-  response->write(SimpleWeb::StatusCode::success_ok, in);
+  SimpleWeb::CaseInsensitiveMultimap headers;
+  headers.emplace("Content-Type", image_content_type);
+  response->write(SimpleWeb::StatusCode::success_ok, in, headers);
   response->close_connection_after_response = true;
 }
 
diff --git a/sunshine/process.cpp b/sunshine/process.cpp
index 324b1364..6c80f73f 100644
--- a/sunshine/process.cpp
+++ b/sunshine/process.cpp
@@ -190,31 +190,31 @@ std::vector<ctx_t> &proc_t::get_apps() {
   return _apps;
 }
 
-#define CHECK_EXPECTED_EXTENTIONS(extention) (extention == "png" || extention == "jpg"  || extention == "jpeg")
-
 /// Gets application image from application list.
 /// Returns default image if image configuration is not set.
-std::string proc_t::get_app_image(int app_id) {
+/// returns http content-type header compatible image type
+std::tuple<std::string, std::string> proc_t::get_app_image(int app_id) {
   auto app_index = app_id -1;
   if(app_index < 0 || app_index >= _apps.size()) {
     BOOST_LOG(error) << "Couldn't find app with ID ["sv << app_id << ']';
-    return SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR "/box.png";
+    return { SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR "/box.png", "png" };
   }
 
   auto app_image_path = _apps[app_index].image_path;
   if (app_image_path.empty()) {
-    return SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR "/box.png";
+    return { SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR "/box.png", "png" };
   }
 
   auto image_extention = std::filesystem::path(app_image_path).extension().string();
   image_extention = image_extention.substr(1, image_extention.length() - 1);
 
   std::error_code code;
-  if (!std::filesystem::exists(app_image_path, code) || !CHECK_EXPECTED_EXTENTIONS(image_extention)) {
-    return SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR "/box.png";
+  if (!std::filesystem::exists(app_image_path, code) || !CHECK_EXPECTED_PICTURE_EXTENTIONS(image_extention)) {
+    return { SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR "/box.png", "png" };
   }
 
-  return app_image_path;
+  // return only "content-type" http header compatible image type.
+  return { app_image_path, image_extention == "jpg" ? "jpeg" : image_extention };
 }
 
 proc_t::~proc_t() {
diff --git a/sunshine/process.h b/sunshine/process.h
index 2b3fdad8..00fdbe80 100644
--- a/sunshine/process.h
+++ b/sunshine/process.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include "utility.h"
 
+#define CHECK_EXPECTED_PICTURE_EXTENTIONS(extention) (extention == "png" || extention == "jpg"  || extention == "jpeg")
+
 namespace proc {
 using file_t = util::safe_ptr_v2<FILE, int, fclose>;
 
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ public:
 
   const std::vector<ctx_t> &get_apps() const;
   std::vector<ctx_t> &get_apps();
-  std::string get_app_image(int app_id);
+  std::tuple<std::string, std::string> get_app_image(int app_id);
 
   void terminate();