diff --git a/komga/src/flyway/resources/db/migration/sqlite/V20231214163213__reanalyze_epub.sql b/komga/src/flyway/resources/db/migration/sqlite/V20231214163213__reanalyze_epub.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9aa1d063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/komga/src/flyway/resources/db/migration/sqlite/V20231214163213__reanalyze_epub.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+update media
+set STATUS = 'OUTDATED'
+where MEDIA_TYPE = 'application/epub+zip';
+
+update media
+set STATUS = 'OUTDATED'
+where BOOK_ID in (select ID
+                  from BOOK
+                  where URL like '%.epub' collate NOCASE);
diff --git a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/domain/service/BookAnalyzer.kt b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/domain/service/BookAnalyzer.kt
index 08edf0f3..52ca4cc4 100644
--- a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/domain/service/BookAnalyzer.kt
+++ b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/domain/service/BookAnalyzer.kt
@@ -59,14 +59,17 @@ class BookAnalyzer(
   fun analyze(book: Book, analyzeDimensions: Boolean): Media {
     logger.info { "Trying to analyze book: $book" }
     return try {
-      val mediaType = contentDetector.detectMediaType(book.path).let {
+      var mediaType = contentDetector.detectMediaType(book.path).let {
         logger.info { "Detected media type: $it" }
         MediaType.fromMediaType(it) ?: return Media(mediaType = it, status = Media.Status.UNSUPPORTED, comment = "ERR_1001", bookId = book.id)
       }
 
       if (book.path.extension.lowercase() == "epub" && mediaType != MediaType.EPUB) {
-        logger.warn { "Epub file detected as zip, file is probably broken: ${book.path}" }
-        return Media(mediaType = mediaType.type, status = Media.Status.ERROR, comment = "ERR_1032", bookId = book.id)
+        if (epubExtractor.isEpub(book.path)) mediaType = MediaType.EPUB
+        else {
+          logger.warn { "Epub file is malformed, file is probably broken: ${book.path}" }
+          return Media(mediaType = mediaType.type, status = Media.Status.ERROR, comment = "ERR_1032", bookId = book.id)
+        }
       }
 
       when (mediaType.profile) {
@@ -208,6 +211,7 @@ class BookAnalyzer(
       MediaProfile.EPUB ->
         if (book.media.epubDivinaCompatible) epubExtractor.getEntryStream(book.book.path, book.media.pages[number - 1].fileName)
         else throw MediaUnsupportedException("Epub profile does not support getting page content")
+
       null -> throw MediaNotReadyException()
     }
   }
diff --git a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/mediacontainer/epub/EpubExtractor.kt b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/mediacontainer/epub/EpubExtractor.kt
index 7546f348..c8d23c13 100644
--- a/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/mediacontainer/epub/EpubExtractor.kt
+++ b/komga/src/main/kotlin/org/gotson/komga/infrastructure/mediacontainer/epub/EpubExtractor.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ class EpubExtractor(
       zip.getInputStream(zip.getEntry(entryName)).use { it.readBytes() }
     }
 
+  fun isEpub(path: Path): Boolean =
+    try {
+      getEntryStream(path, "mimetype").decodeToString() == "application/epub+zip"
+    } catch (e: Exception) {
+      false
+    }
+
   /**
    * Retrieves the book cover along with its mediaType from the epub 2/3 manifest
    */