diff --git a/src/util/XojPreviewExtractor.cpp b/src/util/XojPreviewExtractor.cpp
index 7f0cb286..fea69617 100644
--- a/src/util/XojPreviewExtractor.cpp
+++ b/src/util/XojPreviewExtractor.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include <GzUtil.h>
+#include <zip.h>
+#include <iostream>
 
 const char* TAG_PREVIEW_NAME = "preview";
 const int TAG_PREVIEW_NAME_LEN = strlen(TAG_PREVIEW_NAME);
@@ -108,23 +110,69 @@ PreviewExtractResult XojPreviewExtractor::readFile(Path file)
 	{
 		return PREVIEW_RESULT_BAD_FILE_EXTENSION;
 	}
+	//read the new file format
+	int zipError = 0;
+	zip_t* zipFp = zip_open(file.c_str(), ZIP_RDONLY, &zipError);
 
-	gzFile fp = GzUtil::openPath(file, "r");
-	if (!fp)
+	if (!zipFp && zipError == ZIP_ER_NOZIP)
 	{
-		return PREVIEW_RESULT_COULD_NOT_OPEN_FILE;
+		gzFile fp = GzUtil::openPath(file, "r");
+		if (!fp)
+		{
+			return PREVIEW_RESULT_COULD_NOT_OPEN_FILE;
+		}
+
+		// The <preview> Tag is within the first 179 Bytes
+		// The Preview should end within the first 8k
+
+		char buffer[BUF_SIZE];
+		int readLen = gzread(fp, buffer, BUF_SIZE);
+
+		PreviewExtractResult result = readPreview(buffer, readLen);
+
+		gzclose(fp);
+		return result;
 	}
 
-	// The <preview> Tag is within the first 179 Bytes
-	// The Preview should end within the first 8k
+	zip_stat_t thumbStat;
+	int statStatus = zip_stat(zipFp, "thumbnails/thumbnail.png", 0, &thumbStat);
+	if (statStatus != 0)
+	{
+		return PREVIEW_RESULT_NO_PREVIEW;
+	}
 
-	char buffer[BUF_SIZE];
-	int readLen = gzread(fp, buffer, BUF_SIZE);
+	if (thumbStat.valid & ZIP_STAT_SIZE)
+	{
+		dataLen = thumbStat.size;
+	} else
+	{
+		return PREVIEW_RESULT_ERROR_READING_PREVIEW;
+	}
+
+	zip_file_t* thumb = zip_fopen(zipFp, "thumbnails/thumbnail.png", 0);
+
+	if (!thumb)
+	{
+		return PREVIEW_RESULT_ERROR_READING_PREVIEW;
+	}
 
-	PreviewExtractResult result = readPreview(buffer, readLen);
+	data = (unsigned char *)g_malloc(thumbStat.size);
+	zip_uint64_t readBytes = 0;
+	while (readBytes < dataLen)
+	{
+		zip_int64_t read = zip_fread(thumb, data, thumbStat.size);
+		if (read == -1)
+		{
+			g_free(data);
+			return PREVIEW_RESULT_ERROR_READING_PREVIEW;
+		}
+
+		readBytes += read;
+	}
 
-	gzclose(fp);
-	return result;
+	zip_fclose(thumb);
+	zip_close(zipFp);
+	return PREVIEW_RESULT_IMAGE_READ;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/xoj-preview-extractor/CMakeLists.txt b/src/xoj-preview-extractor/CMakeLists.txt
index b232b930..6c9722f4 100644
--- a/src/xoj-preview-extractor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/xoj-preview-extractor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ add_executable (xournal-thumbnailer
 target_link_libraries (xournal-thumbnailer
   ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
   ${Glib_LDFLAGS}
+  ${ZIP_LDFLAGS}
 )
 
 set (THUMBNAILER_BIN "xournal-thumbnailer")