diff --git a/internal/icons/fallback/icon.go b/internal/icons/fallback/icon.go
index 67bee00..860c0b2 100644
--- a/internal/icons/fallback/icon.go
+++ b/internal/icons/fallback/icon.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import _ "embed"
 import _ "image/png"
 import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/tomo"
 import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/tomo/data"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/nasin/internal/util"
 import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/tomo/canvas"
 import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/backend/style"
 
@@ -14,6 +15,26 @@ var atlasSmallBytes []byte
 //go:embed assets/icons-large.png
 var atlasLargeBytes []byte
 
+const (
+	iconApplicationXGeneric    = tomo.Icon("application/x-generic")
+	iconApplicationXExecutable = tomo.Icon("application/x-executable")
+	iconAudioXGeneric          = tomo.Icon("audio/x-generic")
+	iconFontXGeneric           = tomo.Icon("font/x-generic")
+	iconImageXGeneric          = tomo.Icon("image/x-generic")
+	iconModelXGeneric          = tomo.Icon("model/x-generic")
+	iconPackageXGeneric        = tomo.Icon("package/x-generic")
+	iconTextXGeneric           = tomo.Icon("text/x-generic")
+	iconTextHtml               = tomo.Icon("text/html")
+	iconTextXGenericTemplate   = tomo.Icon("text/x-generic-template")
+	iconTextXScript            = tomo.Icon("text/x-script")
+	iconVideoXGeneric          = tomo.Icon("video/x-generic")
+	iconXOfficeAddressBook     = tomo.Icon("x-office-address-book")
+	iconXOfficeCalendar        = tomo.Icon("x-office-calendar")
+	iconXOfficeDocument        = tomo.Icon("x-office-document")
+	iconXOfficePresentation    = tomo.Icon("x-office-presentation")
+	iconXOfficeSpreadsheet     = tomo.Icon("x-office-spreadsheet")
+)
+
 func generateSource (data []byte, width int) map[tomo.Icon] canvas.Texture {
 	atlasImage, _, err := image.Decode(bytes.NewReader(data))
 	if err != nil { panic(err) }
@@ -37,7 +58,23 @@ func generateSource (data []byte, width int) map[tomo.Icon] canvas.Texture {
 	}
 
 	col(tomo.IconUnknown)
-	col(tomo.Icon("File"))
+	col(iconApplicationXGeneric)
+	col(iconApplicationXExecutable)
+	col(iconAudioXGeneric)
+	col(iconFontXGeneric)
+	col(iconImageXGeneric)
+	col(iconModelXGeneric)
+	col(iconPackageXGeneric)
+	col(iconTextXGeneric)
+	col(iconTextHtml)
+	col(iconTextXGenericTemplate)
+	col(iconTextXScript)
+	col(iconVideoXGeneric)
+	col(iconXOfficeAddressBook)
+	col(iconXOfficeCalendar)
+	col(iconXOfficeDocument)
+	col(iconXOfficePresentation)
+	col(iconXOfficeSpreadsheet)
 
 	row()
 	// actions
@@ -450,9 +487,16 @@ func (this *iconSet) Icon (icon tomo.Icon, size tomo.IconSize) canvas.Texture {
 func (this *iconSet) MimeIcon (mime data.Mime, size tomo.IconSize) canvas.Texture {
 	this.ensure()
 	source := this.selectSource(size)
+
+	if icon, ok := source[tomo.Icon(mime.String())]; ok {
+		return icon
+	}
+
 	if mime == data.M("inode", "directory") {
 		return source[tomo.IconPlaceDirectory]
+	} else if icon, ok := source[tomo.Icon(util.GeneralizeXDGIconMimeType(mime).String())]; ok {
+		return icon
 	} else {
-		return source[tomo.Icon("File")]
+		return source[tomo.Icon(iconApplicationXGeneric)]
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/icons/xdg/icon.go b/internal/icons/xdg/icon.go
index d8ad2a4..828c22e 100644
--- a/internal/icons/xdg/icon.go
+++ b/internal/icons/xdg/icon.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/tomo"
 import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/tomo/data"
 import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/tomo/canvas"
 import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/backend/style"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/nasin/internal/util"
 import xdgIconTheme "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/xdg/icon-theme"
 
 type iconTheme struct {
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ func (this *iconTheme) mimeIcon (mime data.Mime, size tomo.IconSize) canvas.Text
 	if texture, ok := this.xdgIcon(xdgFormatMime(mime), size); ok {
 		return texture
 	}
-	if texture, ok := this.xdgIcon(xdgFormatMime(generalizeMimeType(mime)), size); ok {
+	if texture, ok := this.xdgIcon(xdgFormatMime(util.GeneralizeXDGIconMimeType(mime)), size); ok {
 		return texture
 	}
 	if texture, ok := this.xdgIcon(xdgFormatMime(data.M("text", "x-generic")), size); ok {
@@ -166,13 +167,6 @@ func xdgFormatMime (mime data.Mime) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", mime.Type, mime.Subtype)
 }
 
-func generalizeMimeType (mime data.Mime) data.Mime {
-	// FIXME make this more accurate
-	// https://specifications.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html
-	mime.Subtype = "x-generic"
-	return mime
-}
-
 func iconSizePixels (size tomo.IconSize) int {
 	// TODO: once Tomo has scaling support, take that into account here
 	switch size {
diff --git a/internal/util/util.go b/internal/util/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2900f71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/util/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package util
+
+import "git.tebibyte.media/tomo/tomo/data"
+
+func GeneralizeXDGIconMimeType (mime data.Mime) data.Mime {
+	// FIXME make this more accurate
+	// https://specifications.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html
+	mime.Subtype = "x-generic"
+	return mime
+}