diff --git a/apiGo/api/FileUpload.go b/apiGo/api/FileUpload.go
index 3f5c148..70ca94b 100644
--- a/apiGo/api/FileUpload.go
+++ b/apiGo/api/FileUpload.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"openmediacenter/apiGo/database"
 	"openmediacenter/apiGo/videoparser"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 func addUploadHandler() {
@@ -31,11 +30,11 @@ func addUploadHandler() {
 				break
 			}
 
-			// todo allow more video formats than mp4
 			// only allow valid extensions
-			if filepath.Ext(part.FileName()) != ".mp4" {
+			if !videoparser.ValidVideoSuffix(part.FileName()) {
 				continue
 			}
+
 			vidpath := PathPrefix + mSettings.VideoPath + part.FileName()
 			dst, err := os.OpenFile(vidpath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/apiGo/api/api/Helpers.go b/apiGo/api/api/Helpers.go
index 0b4f338..09f7e44 100644
--- a/apiGo/api/api/Helpers.go
+++ b/apiGo/api/api/Helpers.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"reflect"
 )
 
 func Jsonify(v interface{}) []byte {
@@ -30,45 +29,3 @@ func DecodeRequest(request *http.Request, arg interface{}) error {
 
 	return err
 }
-
-// setField set a specific field of an object with an object provided
-func setField(obj interface{}, name string, value interface{}) error {
-	structValue := reflect.ValueOf(obj).Elem()
-	structFieldValue := structValue.FieldByName(name)
-
-	if !structFieldValue.IsValid() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("no such field: %s in obj", name)
-	}
-
-	if !structFieldValue.CanSet() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot set %s field value", name)
-	}
-
-	structFieldType := structFieldValue.Type()
-	val := reflect.ValueOf(value)
-
-	if structFieldType != val.Type() {
-		if val.Type().ConvertibleTo(structFieldType) {
-			// if type is convertible - convert and set
-			structFieldValue.Set(val.Convert(structFieldType))
-		} else {
-			return fmt.Errorf("provided value %s type didn't match obj field type and isn't convertible", name)
-		}
-	} else {
-		// set value if type is the same
-		structFieldValue.Set(val)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// FillStruct fill a custom struct with objects of a map
-func FillStruct(i interface{}, m map[string]interface{}) error {
-	for k, v := range m {
-		err := setField(i, k, v)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/apiGo/videoparser/ReIndexTVShows.go b/apiGo/videoparser/ReIndexTVShows.go
index f496add..32a996e 100644
--- a/apiGo/videoparser/ReIndexTVShows.go
+++ b/apiGo/videoparser/ReIndexTVShows.go
@@ -25,20 +25,18 @@ func startTVShowReindex(files []Show) {
 }
 
 func insertEpisodesIfNotExisting(show Show) {
-	query := "SELECT tvshow_episodes.name, season, episode FROM tvshow_episodes JOIN tvshow t on t.id = tvshow_episodes.tvshow_id WHERE t.name=?"
+	query := "SELECT filename FROM tvshow_episodes JOIN tvshow t on t.id = tvshow_episodes.tvshow_id WHERE t.name=?"
 	rows := database.Query(query, show.Name)
 
 	var dbepisodes []string
 	for rows.Next() {
-		var epname string
-		var season int
-		var episode int
-		err := rows.Scan(&epname, &season, &episode)
+		var filename string
+		err := rows.Scan(&filename)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Println(err.Error())
 		}
 
-		dbepisodes = append(dbepisodes, fmt.Sprintf("%s S%02dE%02d.mp4", epname, season, episode))
+		dbepisodes = append(dbepisodes, filename)
 	}
 
 	// get those episodes that are missing in db
@@ -83,6 +81,10 @@ VALUES (?, ?, ?, (SELECT tvshow.id FROM tvshow WHERE tvshow.name=?), ?, ?)`
 
 // difference returns the elements in `a` that aren't in `b`.
 func difference(a, b []string) []string {
+	if b == nil || len(b) == 0 {
+		return a
+	}
+
 	mb := make(map[string]struct{}, len(b))
 	for _, x := range b {
 		mb[x] = struct{}{}
@@ -129,7 +131,10 @@ func getAllTVShows() *[]string {
 	var res []string
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var show string
-		rows.Scan(&show)
+		err := rows.Scan(&show)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
 
 		res = append(res, show)
 	}
diff --git a/apiGo/videoparser/VideoParser.go b/apiGo/videoparser/VideoParser.go
index 821618e..b3342fd 100644
--- a/apiGo/videoparser/VideoParser.go
+++ b/apiGo/videoparser/VideoParser.go
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ type StatusMessage struct {
 	ContentAvailable bool
 }
 
+func getVideoTypes() []string {
+	return []string{".mp4", ".mov", ".mkv", ".flv", ".avi", ".mpeg", ".m4v"}
+}
+
+func ValidVideoSuffix(filename string) bool {
+	validExts := getVideoTypes()
+	for _, validExt := range validExts {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(filename, validExt) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func StartReindex() bool {
 	fmt.Println("starting reindex..")
 	SendEvent("start")
@@ -40,7 +54,7 @@ func StartReindex() bool {
 
 	var files []string
 	for _, file := range filelist {
-		if !file.IsDir() && strings.HasSuffix(file.Name(), ".mp4") {
+		if !file.IsDir() && ValidVideoSuffix(file.Name()) {
 			files = append(files, file.Name())
 		}
 	}
@@ -103,7 +117,7 @@ func StartTVShowReindex() {
 			}
 
 			for _, epfile := range episodefiles {
-				if strings.HasSuffix(epfile.Name(), ".mp4") {
+				if ValidVideoSuffix(epfile.Name()) {
 					elem.files = append(elem.files, epfile.Name())
 				}
 			}