diff --git a/productMods/WEB-INF/web.xml b/productMods/WEB-INF/web.xml
index f3562aa2..16430f44 100644
--- a/productMods/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/productMods/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -1456,6 +1456,61 @@
     <url-pattern>/orcid/*</url-pattern>
   </servlet-mapping>
   
+  <!-- ==================== mime types ============================== -->
+  
+  <mime-mapping>
+    <extension>css</extension>
+    <mime-type>text/css</mime-type>
+  </mime-mapping>
+  <mime-mapping>
+    <extension>gif</extension>
+    <mime-type>image/gif</mime-type>
+  </mime-mapping>
+  <mime-mapping>
+    <extension>GIF</extension>
+    <mime-type>image/gif</mime-type>
+  </mime-mapping>
+  <mime-mapping>
+    <extension>htm</extension>
+    <mime-type>text/html</mime-type>
+  </mime-mapping>
+  <mime-mapping>
+    <extension>html</extension>
+    <mime-type>text/html</mime-type>
+  </mime-mapping>
+  <mime-mapping>
+    <extension>ico</extension>
+    <mime-type>image/x-icon</mime-type>
+  </mime-mapping>
+  <mime-mapping>
+    <extension>jpeg</extension>
+    <mime-type>image/jpeg</mime-type>
+  </mime-mapping>
+  <mime-mapping>
+    <extension>jpg</extension>
+    <mime-type>image/jpeg</mime-type>
+  </mime-mapping>
+  <mime-mapping>
+    <extension>js</extension>
+    <mime-type>application/javascript</mime-type>
+  </mime-mapping>
+  <mime-mapping>
+    <extension>png</extension>
+    <mime-type>image/png</mime-type>
+  </mime-mapping>
+  <mime-mapping>
+    <extension>svg</extension>
+    <mime-type>image/svg+xml</mime-type>
+  </mime-mapping>
+  <mime-mapping>
+    <extension>txt</extension>
+    <mime-type>text/plain</mime-type>
+  </mime-mapping>
+  <mime-mapping>
+    <extension>xml</extension>
+    <mime-type>application/xml</mime-type>
+  </mime-mapping>
+    
   <!-- ==================== tag libraries ============================== -->
   <jsp-config>
     <taglib>