diff --git a/cognee/infrastructure/files/utils/get_file_metadata.py b/cognee/infrastructure/files/utils/get_file_metadata.py
index 23b10a6df..debc7bbaf 100644
--- a/cognee/infrastructure/files/utils/get_file_metadata.py
+++ b/cognee/infrastructure/files/utils/get_file_metadata.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import io
 import os.path
-from typing import BinaryIO, TypedDict
+from typing import BinaryIO, TypedDict, Optional
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from cognee.shared.logging_utils import get_logger
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class FileMetadata(TypedDict):
     file_size: int
 
 
-async def get_file_metadata(file: BinaryIO) -> FileMetadata:
+async def get_file_metadata(file: BinaryIO, name: Optional[str] = None) -> FileMetadata:
     """
     Retrieve metadata from a file object.
 
@@ -53,15 +53,15 @@ async def get_file_metadata(file: BinaryIO) -> FileMetadata:
     except io.UnsupportedOperation as error:
         logger.error(f"Error retrieving content hash for file: {file.name} \n{str(error)}\n\n")
 
-    file_type = guess_file_type(file)
+    file_type = guess_file_type(file, name=name)
 
     file_path = getattr(file, "name", None) or getattr(file, "full_name", None)
 
     if isinstance(file_path, str):
         file_name = Path(file_path).stem if file_path else None
     else:
-        # In case file_path does not exist or is a integer return None
-        file_name = None
+        # In case file_path does not exist try file_name
+        file_name = name
 
     # Get file size
     pos = file.tell()  # remember current pointer
diff --git a/cognee/infrastructure/files/utils/guess_file_type.py b/cognee/infrastructure/files/utils/guess_file_type.py
index 4e3ff6824..78b20c93d 100644
--- a/cognee/infrastructure/files/utils/guess_file_type.py
+++ b/cognee/infrastructure/files/utils/guess_file_type.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-from typing import BinaryIO
+import io
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import BinaryIO, Optional, Any
 import filetype
-from .is_text_content import is_text_content
+from tempfile import SpooledTemporaryFile
+from filetype.types.base import Type
 
 
 class FileTypeException(Exception):
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ class FileTypeException(Exception):
         self.message = message
 
 
-def guess_file_type(file: BinaryIO) -> filetype.Type:
+def guess_file_type(file: BinaryIO, name: Optional[str] = None) -> filetype.Type:
     """
     Guess the file type from the given binary file stream.
 
@@ -39,12 +42,23 @@ def guess_file_type(file: BinaryIO) -> filetype.Type:
 
         - filetype.Type: The guessed file type, represented as filetype.Type.
     """
+
+    # Note: If file has .txt or .text extension, consider it a plain text file as filetype.guess may not detect it properly
+    # as it contains no magic number encoding
+    ext = None
+    if isinstance(file, str):
+        ext = Path(file).suffix
+    elif name is not None:
+        ext = Path(name).suffix
+
+    if ext in [".txt", ".text"]:
+        file_type = Type("text/plain", "txt")
+        return file_type
+
     file_type = filetype.guess(file)
 
     # If file type could not be determined consider it a plain text file as they don't have magic number encoding
     if file_type is None:
-        from filetype.types.base import Type
-
         file_type = Type("text/plain", "txt")
 
     if file_type is None:
diff --git a/cognee/modules/ingestion/data_types/BinaryData.py b/cognee/modules/ingestion/data_types/BinaryData.py
index f96e0d65c..9448dddcf 100644
--- a/cognee/modules/ingestion/data_types/BinaryData.py
+++ b/cognee/modules/ingestion/data_types/BinaryData.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class BinaryData(IngestionData):
 
     async def ensure_metadata(self):
         if self.metadata is None:
-            self.metadata = await get_file_metadata(self.data)
+            self.metadata = await get_file_metadata(self.data, name=self.name)
 
             if self.metadata["name"] is None:
                 self.metadata["name"] = self.name