diff --git a/apps/file-service/src/utils/fileTypeDetector.ts b/apps/file-service/src/utils/fileTypeDetector.ts
index 6bb4fc7930..3ee32f3f01 100644
--- a/apps/file-service/src/utils/fileTypeDetector.ts
+++ b/apps/file-service/src/utils/fileTypeDetector.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ export class FileTypeDetector {
 
   async detect() {
     const start = Date.now();
-    const response = (await this.createCustomConcatStream(this.content)) as CustomConcatStream;
+    let response = (await this.createCustomConcatStream(this.content)) as CustomConcatStream;
+
+    response = this.validateSVGMimeType(response);
 
     const fullStream = response.fileStream;
     const fileType = response.fileType;
@@ -32,6 +34,14 @@ export class FileTypeDetector {
     return response;
   }
 
+  // Need to add base64 to the end of the mime so that the pdf can embed the svg correctly.
+  validateSVGMimeType(response: CustomConcatStream) {
+    if (response?.fileType?.mime == 'image/svg+xml') {
+      response.fileType.mime = `${response?.fileType.mime};base64`;
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
   private createCustomConcatStream(readableStream) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       const customStream = new Readable({