diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/UIHelper.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/UIHelper.java
index f468d9ae0e94fffddc1094d12b9c3e2fd26cc7d9..86bc3f387133082e0ca532a745b7b113e5a9b112 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/UIHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/utils/UIHelper.java
@@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ public class UIHelper {
 		try {
 			mime = URLConnection.guessContentTypeFromName(path);
 		} catch (final StringIndexOutOfBoundsException ignored) {
-			return "";
+			return context.getString(R.string.file);
 		}
 		if (mime == null) {
-			return "";
+			return context.getString(R.string.file);
 		} else if (mime.startsWith("audio/")) {
 			return context.getString(R.string.audio);
 		} else if(mime.startsWith("video/")) {
diff --git a/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index fb6878ce9abd6017573b28cb0a7bfc9181f1f2a1..e9699745d342657e45f6c8a3a8aa203fa8c8315d 100644
--- a/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@
     <string name="choose_file">Choose file</string>
     <string name="receiving_x_file">Receiving %1$s (%2$d%% completed)</string>
     <string name="download_x_file">Download %s</string>
+    <string name="file">file</string>
     <string name="open_x_file">Open %s</string>
     <string name="sending_file">sending (%1$d%% completed)</string>
     <string name="preparing_file">Preparing file for transmission</string>