diff --git a/Modules/Core/src/IO/mitkIOMimeTypes.cpp b/Modules/Core/src/IO/mitkIOMimeTypes.cpp
index 01a3d23c15..17b007a6f1 100644
--- a/Modules/Core/src/IO/mitkIOMimeTypes.cpp
+++ b/Modules/Core/src/IO/mitkIOMimeTypes.cpp
@@ -1,365 +1,380 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkIOMimeTypes.h"
 
 #include "mitkCustomMimeType.h"
 #include "mitkLog.h"
 #include <mitkUtf8Util.h>
 
 #include "itkGDCMImageIO.h"
 #include "itkMetaDataObject.h"
 
 #include <itksys/SystemTools.hxx>
 #include <itksys/Directory.hxx>
 
 namespace mitk
 {
   IOMimeTypes::BaseDicomMimeType::BaseDicomMimeType(const std::string& name) : CustomMimeType(name)
   {
     this->AddExtension("gdcm");
     this->AddExtension("dcm");
     this->AddExtension("DCM");
     this->AddExtension("dc3");
     this->AddExtension("DC3");
     this->AddExtension("ima");
     this->AddExtension("img");
 
     this->SetCategory(CATEGORY_IMAGES());
     this->SetComment("DICOM");
   }
 
+
   bool IOMimeTypes::BaseDicomMimeType::AppliesTo(const std::string &path) const
   {
     // check whether directory or file
     // if directory try to find first file within it instead
     bool pathIsDirectory = itksys::SystemTools::FileIsDirectory(Utf8Util::Local8BitToUtf8(path));
 
     std::string filepath = path;
 
+    itk::GDCMImageIO::Pointer gdcmIO = itk::GDCMImageIO::New();
+
     if (pathIsDirectory)
     {
       itksys::Directory input;
       input.Load(path.c_str());
 
-      std::vector<std::string> files;
+      bool dcmFound = false;
       for (unsigned long idx = 0; idx<input.GetNumberOfFiles(); idx++)
       {
         auto filename = Utf8Util::Local8BitToUtf8(input.GetFile(idx));
 
-        if (!itksys::SystemTools::FileIsDirectory(filename) && this->MatchesExtension(filename))
+        std::string fullpath = path + "/" + filename;
+
+        if (!itksys::SystemTools::FileIsDirectory(fullpath))
         {
-          std::string fullpath = path + "/" + std::string(input.GetFile(idx));
-          files.push_back(fullpath.c_str());
+
+          gdcmIO->SetFileName(fullpath);
+          try
+          {
+            gdcmIO->ReadImageInformation();
+            dcmFound = true;
+            filepath = fullpath;
+            break;
+          }
+          catch (const itk::ExceptionObject& /*err*/)
+          {
+          }
         }
       }
-      if (!files.empty())
-      {
-        filepath = files.front();
+      if (!dcmFound) return false;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      // Ask the GDCM ImageIO class directly
+      gdcmIO->SetFileName(filepath);
+      try {
+        gdcmIO->ReadImageInformation();
+      }
+      catch (const itk::ExceptionObject& /*err*/) {
+        return false;
       }
     }
 
-    // Ask the GDCM ImageIO class directly
-    itk::GDCMImageIO::Pointer gdcmIO = itk::GDCMImageIO::New();
-    gdcmIO->SetFileName(filepath);
-    try {
-      gdcmIO->ReadImageInformation();
-    }
-    catch (const itk::ExceptionObject & /*err*/) {
-      return false;
-    }
+    //If we reached that point, there is at least one file (stored under filepath) that is a DICOM
 
     //DICOMRT modalities have specific reader, don't read with normal DICOM readers
     std::string modality;
     itk::MetaDataDictionary& dict = gdcmIO->GetMetaDataDictionary();
     itk::ExposeMetaData<std::string>(dict, "0008|0060", modality);
     MITK_DEBUG << "DICOM Modality detected by MimeType "<< this->GetName() << " is " << modality;
     if (modality == "RTSTRUCT" || modality == "RTDOSE" || modality == "RTPLAN") {
       return false;
     }
     else {
       return gdcmIO->CanReadFile(filepath.c_str());
     }
   }
 
   IOMimeTypes::BaseDicomMimeType*IOMimeTypes::BaseDicomMimeType::Clone() const { return new BaseDicomMimeType(*this); }
 
   IOMimeTypes::DicomMimeType::DicomMimeType() : BaseDicomMimeType(DICOM_MIMETYPE_NAME())
   {
   }
 
   IOMimeTypes::DicomMimeType* IOMimeTypes::DicomMimeType::Clone() const { return new DicomMimeType(*this); }
 
   std::vector<CustomMimeType *> IOMimeTypes::Get()
   {
     std::vector<CustomMimeType *> mimeTypes;
 
     // order matters here (descending rank for mime types)
 
     mimeTypes.push_back(NRRD_MIMETYPE().Clone());
     mimeTypes.push_back(NIFTI_MIMETYPE().Clone());
 
     mimeTypes.push_back(VTK_IMAGE_MIMETYPE().Clone());
     mimeTypes.push_back(VTK_PARALLEL_IMAGE_MIMETYPE().Clone());
     mimeTypes.push_back(VTK_IMAGE_LEGACY_MIMETYPE().Clone());
 
     mimeTypes.push_back(DICOM_MIMETYPE().Clone());
 
     mimeTypes.push_back(VTK_POLYDATA_MIMETYPE().Clone());
     mimeTypes.push_back(VTK_PARALLEL_POLYDATA_MIMETYPE().Clone());
     mimeTypes.push_back(VTK_POLYDATA_LEGACY_MIMETYPE().Clone());
 
     mimeTypes.push_back(STEREOLITHOGRAPHY_MIMETYPE().Clone());
     mimeTypes.push_back(WAVEFRONT_OBJ_MIMETYPE().Clone());
     mimeTypes.push_back(STANFORD_PLY_MIMETYPE().Clone());
 
     mimeTypes.push_back(RAW_MIMETYPE().Clone());
     mimeTypes.push_back(POINTSET_MIMETYPE().Clone());
     return mimeTypes;
   }
 
   CustomMimeType IOMimeTypes::VTK_IMAGE_MIMETYPE()
   {
     CustomMimeType mimeType(VTK_IMAGE_NAME());
     mimeType.AddExtension("vti");
     mimeType.SetCategory(CATEGORY_IMAGES());
     mimeType.SetComment("VTK Image");
     return mimeType;
   }
 
   CustomMimeType IOMimeTypes::VTK_IMAGE_LEGACY_MIMETYPE()
   {
     CustomMimeType mimeType(VTK_IMAGE_LEGACY_NAME());
     mimeType.AddExtension("vtk");
     mimeType.SetCategory(CATEGORY_IMAGES());
     mimeType.SetComment("VTK Legacy Image");
     return mimeType;
   }
 
   CustomMimeType IOMimeTypes::VTK_PARALLEL_IMAGE_MIMETYPE()
   {
     CustomMimeType mimeType(VTK_PARALLEL_IMAGE_NAME());
     mimeType.AddExtension("pvti");
     mimeType.SetCategory(CATEGORY_IMAGES());
     mimeType.SetComment("VTK Parallel Image");
     return mimeType;
   }
 
   CustomMimeType IOMimeTypes::VTK_POLYDATA_MIMETYPE()
   {
     CustomMimeType mimeType(VTK_POLYDATA_NAME());
     mimeType.AddExtension("vtp");
     mimeType.SetCategory(CATEGORY_SURFACES());
     mimeType.SetComment("VTK PolyData");
     return mimeType;
   }
 
   CustomMimeType IOMimeTypes::VTK_POLYDATA_LEGACY_MIMETYPE()
   {
     CustomMimeType mimeType(VTK_POLYDATA_LEGACY_NAME());
     mimeType.AddExtension("vtk");
     mimeType.SetCategory(CATEGORY_SURFACES());
     mimeType.SetComment("VTK Legacy PolyData");
     return mimeType;
   }
 
   CustomMimeType IOMimeTypes::VTK_PARALLEL_POLYDATA_MIMETYPE()
   {
     CustomMimeType mimeType(VTK_PARALLEL_POLYDATA_NAME());
     mimeType.AddExtension("pvtp");
     mimeType.SetCategory(CATEGORY_SURFACES());
     mimeType.SetComment("VTK Parallel PolyData");
     return mimeType;
   }
 
   CustomMimeType IOMimeTypes::STEREOLITHOGRAPHY_MIMETYPE()
   {
     CustomMimeType mimeType(STEREOLITHOGRAPHY_NAME());
     mimeType.AddExtension("stl");
     mimeType.SetCategory(CATEGORY_SURFACES());
     mimeType.SetComment("Stereolithography");
     return mimeType;
   }
 
   CustomMimeType IOMimeTypes::WAVEFRONT_OBJ_MIMETYPE()
   {
     CustomMimeType mimeType(WAVEFRONT_OBJ_NAME());
     mimeType.AddExtension("obj");
     mimeType.SetCategory(CATEGORY_SURFACES());
     mimeType.SetComment("Wavefront OBJ");
     return mimeType;
   }
 
   CustomMimeType IOMimeTypes::STANFORD_PLY_MIMETYPE()
   {
     CustomMimeType mimeType(STANFORD_PLY_NAME());
     mimeType.AddExtension("ply");
     mimeType.SetCategory(CATEGORY_SURFACES());
     mimeType.SetComment("Stanford PLY");
     return mimeType;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::STEREOLITHOGRAPHY_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".stl";
     return name;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::WAVEFRONT_OBJ_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".obj";
     return name;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::STANFORD_PLY_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".ply";
     return name;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::DEFAULT_BASE_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = "application/vnd.mitk";
     return name;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::CATEGORY_IMAGES()
   {
     static std::string cat = "Images";
     return cat;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::CATEGORY_SURFACES()
   {
     static std::string cat = "Surfaces";
     return cat;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::VTK_IMAGE_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".vtk.image";
     return name;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::VTK_IMAGE_LEGACY_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".vtk.image.legacy";
     return name;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::VTK_PARALLEL_IMAGE_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".vtk.parallel.image";
     return name;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::VTK_POLYDATA_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".vtk.polydata";
     return name;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::VTK_POLYDATA_LEGACY_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".vtk.polydata.legacy";
     return name;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::VTK_PARALLEL_POLYDATA_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".vtk.parallel.polydata";
     return name;
   }
 
   CustomMimeType IOMimeTypes::NRRD_MIMETYPE()
   {
     CustomMimeType mimeType(NRRD_MIMETYPE_NAME());
     mimeType.AddExtension("nrrd");
     mimeType.AddExtension("nhdr");
     mimeType.SetCategory("Images");
     mimeType.SetComment("NRRD");
     return mimeType;
   }
 
   CustomMimeType IOMimeTypes::NIFTI_MIMETYPE()
   {
     CustomMimeType mimeType(NIFTI_MIMETYPE_NAME());
     mimeType.AddExtension("nii");
     mimeType.AddExtension("nii.gz");
     mimeType.AddExtension("hdr");
     mimeType.AddExtension("hdr.gz");
     mimeType.AddExtension("img");
     mimeType.AddExtension("img.gz");
     mimeType.AddExtension("nia");
     mimeType.SetCategory("Images");
     mimeType.SetComment("Nifti");
     return mimeType;
   }
 
   CustomMimeType IOMimeTypes::RAW_MIMETYPE()
   {
     CustomMimeType mimeType(RAW_MIMETYPE_NAME());
     mimeType.AddExtension("raw");
     mimeType.SetCategory("Images");
     mimeType.SetComment("Raw data");
     return mimeType;
   }
 
   IOMimeTypes::DicomMimeType IOMimeTypes::DICOM_MIMETYPE() { return DicomMimeType(); }
   std::string IOMimeTypes::NRRD_MIMETYPE_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".image.nrrd";
     return name;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::NIFTI_MIMETYPE_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".image.nifti";
     return name;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::RAW_MIMETYPE_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".image.raw";
     return name;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::DICOM_MIMETYPE_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".image.dicom";
     return name;
   }
 
   CustomMimeType IOMimeTypes::POINTSET_MIMETYPE()
   {
     CustomMimeType mimeType(POINTSET_MIMETYPE_NAME());
     mimeType.AddExtension("mps");
     mimeType.SetCategory("Point Sets");
     mimeType.SetComment("MITK Point Set");
     return mimeType;
   }
 
   std::string IOMimeTypes::POINTSET_MIMETYPE_NAME()
   {
     static std::string name = DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".pointset";
     return name;
   }
 
   CustomMimeType IOMimeTypes::GEOMETRY_DATA_MIMETYPE()
   {
     mitk::CustomMimeType mimeType(DEFAULT_BASE_NAME() + ".geometrydata");
     mimeType.AddExtension("mitkgeometry");
     mimeType.SetCategory("Geometries");
     mimeType.SetComment("GeometryData object");
     return mimeType;
   }
 }