diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..d81f12e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /target
+/.idea
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ee5a855..5021ff3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mpd_info_screen"
-version = "0.3.6"
+version = "0.3.7"
 dependencies = [
  "bindgen",
  "freetype",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 55a1e4f..5d40a63 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mpd_info_screen"
-version = "0.3.6"
+version = "0.3.7"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Displays info on currently playing music from an MPD daemon"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/display.rs b/src/display.rs
index b151936..040c206 100644
--- a/src/display.rs
+++ b/src/display.rs
@@ -397,9 +397,22 @@ impl MPDDisplay {
             );
         }
 
-        let img_result = ImageReader::with_format(Cursor::new(&image_ref), image_format)
-            .decode()
-            .map_err(|e| format!("Error: Failed to decode album art image: {}", e));
+        let img_result = if is_unknown_format {
+            let mut reader = ImageReader::new(Cursor::new(&image_ref));
+            reader = reader
+                .with_guessed_format()
+                .map_err(|e| format!("Error: Failed to guess format of album art image: {}", e))?;
+            reader.decode().map_err(|e| {
+                format!(
+                    "Error: Failed to decode album art image (guessed format): {}",
+                    e
+                )
+            })
+        } else {
+            ImageReader::with_format(Cursor::new(&image_ref), image_format)
+                .decode()
+                .map_err(|e| format!("Error: Failed to decode album art image: {}", e))
+        };
         if img_result.is_err() && !self.tried_album_art_in_dir {
             return try_second_art_fetch_method(
                 &mut self.tried_album_art_in_dir,