diff --git a/src/detection/coverart.rs b/src/detection/coverart.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdb5a99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/detection/coverart.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/// Gets the file type of a CoverArt given it's path
+pub fn file_type(filepath: &str) -> Result<String, std::io::Error> {
+    match imghdr::from_file(filepath) {
+        Ok(Some(imghdr::Type::Jpeg)) => {
+            Ok(String::from("jpeg"))
+        }
+        Ok(Some(imghdr::Type::Png)) => {
+            Ok(String::from("png"))
+        }
+        Ok(None) => {
+            Err(std::io::Error::other("Image file not supported"))
+        }
+        Err(err) => {
+            Err(err)
+        }
+        _ => {
+            Err(std::io::Error::other("Image file not supported"))
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/detection/mod.rs b/src/detection/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..165fc86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/detection/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod coverart;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index bbf790d..16f20a3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod detection;
 pub mod meta;
 pub mod properties;
 pub mod types;