diff --git a/src/renderer/AsyncResourceGatherer.cpp b/src/renderer/AsyncResourceGatherer.cpp
index 17627ed..7cc6bba 100644
--- a/src/renderer/AsyncResourceGatherer.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer/AsyncResourceGatherer.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ FileType getFileType(const std::filesystem::path& path) {
         ft = FileType::WEBP;
     else {
         // magic is slow, so only use it when no recognized extension is found
-        auto handle = magic_open(MAGIC_NONE | MAGIC_COMPRESS);
+        auto handle = magic_open(MAGIC_NONE | MAGIC_COMPRESS | MAGIC_SYMLINK);
         magic_load(handle, nullptr);
 
         const auto type_str   = std::string(magic_file(handle, path.c_str()));