diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b17ddf9..3bd4d26 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 /PICT_numtool_ui.pyc
 LOG-PICT_numtool.py.log
+__pycache__/PICT_numtool_ui.cpython-312.pyc
+LOG-PICT_numtool.py.log
diff --git a/PICT_numtool.py b/PICT_numtool.py
index bb6bca6..a53be06 100755
--- a/PICT_numtool.py
+++ b/PICT_numtool.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ LOG_TIME_FORMAT = '%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
 CONSOLE_DEBUG = logging.INFO
 FILE_DEBUG = logging.INFO
 
-PHOTO_filter = 'Images (*.jpg  *.jpeg *.png *.tiff *.heic, *.tif)'
+PHOTO_filter = 'Images (*.jpg  *.jpeg *.png *.tiff *.heic, *.tif, *.HEIC)'
 MOVIE_filter = 'Movies (*.mov  *.mp4)'
 
 # file format and extension variables