diff --git a/boot/boot.js b/boot/boot.js
index 698b05bf0..5cfc5409b 100644
--- a/boot/boot.js
+++ b/boot/boot.js
@@ -1728,6 +1728,7 @@ $tw.boot.startup = function(options) {
 	$tw.utils.registerFileType("text/css","utf8",".css");
 	$tw.utils.registerFileType("text/html","utf8",".html");
 	$tw.config.fileExtensionInfo[".htm"] = {type: "text/html"};
+	$tw.config.fileExtensionInfo[".hta"] = {type: "text/html"};
 	$tw.utils.registerFileType("application/hta","utf16le",".hta",{deserializerType:"text/html"});
 	$tw.utils.registerFileType("application/javascript","utf8",".js");
 	$tw.utils.registerFileType("application/json","utf8",".json");