diff --git a/src/activities/home/MyLibraryActivity.cpp b/src/activities/home/MyLibraryActivity.cpp
index 9e6f3734..1db32397 100644
--- a/src/activities/home/MyLibraryActivity.cpp
+++ b/src/activities/home/MyLibraryActivity.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ void MyLibraryActivity::loadFiles() {
     } else {
       auto filename = std::string(name);
       if (StringUtils::checkFileExtension(filename, ".epub") || StringUtils::checkFileExtension(filename, ".xtch") ||
-          StringUtils::checkFileExtension(filename, ".xtc") || StringUtils::checkFileExtension(filename, ".txt")) {
+          StringUtils::checkFileExtension(filename, ".xtc") || StringUtils::checkFileExtension(filename, ".txt") ||
+          StringUtils::checkFileExtension(filename, ".md")) {
         files.emplace_back(filename);
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/activities/reader/ReaderActivity.cpp b/src/activities/reader/ReaderActivity.cpp
index 14d6623c..83c54042 100644
--- a/src/activities/reader/ReaderActivity.cpp
+++ b/src/activities/reader/ReaderActivity.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ bool ReaderActivity::isXtcFile(const std::string& path) {
 bool ReaderActivity::isTxtFile(const std::string& path) {
   if (path.length() < 4) return false;
   std::string ext4 = path.substr(path.length() - 4);
-  return ext4 == ".txt" || ext4 == ".TXT";
+  return ext4 == ".txt" || ext4 == ".TXT" || ext4 == ".md" || ext4 == ".MD"; // Treat .md as txt files (until we have a markdown reader)
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<Epub> ReaderActivity::loadEpub(const std::string& path) {