diff --git a/Modules/BasicImageProcessing/MiniApps/FileConverter.cpp b/Modules/BasicImageProcessing/MiniApps/FileConverter.cpp
index 1a20d486d1..f2478e9340 100644
--- a/Modules/BasicImageProcessing/MiniApps/FileConverter.cpp
+++ b/Modules/BasicImageProcessing/MiniApps/FileConverter.cpp
@@ -1,89 +1,114 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkProperties.h"
 
 #include "mitkCommandLineParser.h"
 #include "mitkIOUtil.h"
 
 #include <itksys/SystemTools.hxx>
 
 #include "mitkPreferenceListReaderOptionsFunctor.h"
 
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
   mitkCommandLineParser parser;
 
   parser.setTitle("File Converter");
   parser.setCategory("Basic Image Processing");
   parser.setDescription("");
   parser.setContributor("MBI");
 
   parser.setArgumentPrefix("--","-");
   // Add command line argument names
   parser.addArgument("help", "h",mitkCommandLineParser::Bool, "Help:", "Show this help text");
   parser.addArgument("input", "i", mitkCommandLineParser::InputFile, "Input file:", "Input File",us::Any(),false);
   parser.addArgument("output", "o", mitkCommandLineParser::OutputFile, "Output file:", "Output file", us::Any(), false);
   parser.addArgument("reader", "r", mitkCommandLineParser::String, "Reader Name", "Reader Name", us::Any());
   parser.addArgument("list-readers", "lr", mitkCommandLineParser::Bool, "Reader Name", "Reader Name", us::Any());
 
 
   std::map<std::string, us::Any> parsedArgs = parser.parseArguments(argc, argv);
 
   if (parsedArgs.size()==0)
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
   // Show a help message
   if ( parsedArgs.count("help") || parsedArgs.count("h"))
   {
     std::cout << parser.helpText();
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
   }
 
   std::string inputFilename = us::any_cast<std::string>(parsedArgs["input"]);
   std::string outputFilename = us::any_cast<std::string>(parsedArgs["output"]);
 
   mitk::PreferenceListReaderOptionsFunctor::ListType preference = {};
   if (parsedArgs.count("reader"))
   {
     preference.push_back(us::any_cast<std::string>(parsedArgs["reader"]));
   }
+
+  if (parsedArgs.count("list-readers"))
+  {
+    mitk::IOUtil::LoadInfo loadInfo(inputFilename);
+    auto readers = loadInfo.m_ReaderSelector.Get();
+
+    std::string errMsg;
+    if (readers.empty())
+    {
+      if (!itksys::SystemTools::FileExists(loadInfo.m_Path.c_str()))
+      {
+        errMsg += "File '" + loadInfo.m_Path + "' does not exist\n";
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        errMsg += "No reader available for '" + loadInfo.m_Path + "'\n";
+      }
+      MITK_ERROR << errMsg;
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    for (auto reader : loadInfo.m_ReaderSelector.Get())
+    {
+      std::cout  << " : " << reader.GetDescription() << std::endl;
+    }
+  }
+
   mitk::PreferenceListReaderOptionsFunctor::ListType emptyList = {};
-  mitk::IOUtil::LoadInfo info(inputFilename);
   mitk::PreferenceListReaderOptionsFunctor functor = mitk::PreferenceListReaderOptionsFunctor(preference, emptyList);
-  functor(info);
 
-  std::string extension = itksys::SystemTools::GetFilenameExtension(inputFilename);
+  std::string extension = itksys::SystemTools::GetFilenameExtension(outputFilename);
   std::string filename = itksys::SystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutExtension(outputFilename);
   std::string path = itksys::SystemTools::GetFilenamePath(outputFilename);
 
   auto nodes = mitk::IOUtil::Load(inputFilename, &functor);
 
   unsigned count = 0;
   for (auto node : nodes)
   {
     std::string writeName = path + "/" + filename + extension;
     if (count > 0)
     {
       writeName = path + "/" + filename + "_" + std::to_string(count) + extension;
     }
     mitk::IOUtil::Save(node, writeName);
     ++count;
   }
 
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }