diff --git a/extras/Introjucer/Source/Code Editor/jucer_SourceCodeEditor.h b/extras/Introjucer/Source/Code Editor/jucer_SourceCodeEditor.h
index b5022d3226..afa7e9d023 100644
--- a/extras/Introjucer/Source/Code Editor/jucer_SourceCodeEditor.h	
+++ b/extras/Introjucer/Source/Code Editor/jucer_SourceCodeEditor.h	
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ public:
                 return true;
 
             MemoryBlock mb;
-            if (file.loadFileAsData (mb) && seemsToBeText (static_cast <const char*> (mb.getData()), (int) mb.getSize()))
+            if (file.loadFileAsData (mb)
+                 && seemsToBeText (static_cast <const char*> (mb.getData()), (int) mb.getSize())
+                 && ! file.hasFileExtension ("svg"))
                 return true;
 
             return false;