diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 80a70444..3ca46910 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   ```
 
   SQLPage now keeps the variable value, producing `https://api.example.com/john.doe` as expected.
+- Word documents stored as `BLOB`, `BYTEA`, or `VARBINARY` in database columns are now detected correctly as `.docx`. Before, `.docx` files were parsed as `application/zip`; now they report as `application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document`.
 - Errors from a failed migration now point at the file and the SQL that failed. Before a reversible migration could be reported with the contents of its `.down.sql` half, and any migration with a multi-word name was reported as `0001_add new users.sql` rather than `0001_add_new_users.sql`.
 - A request that resolves to a directory now returns a 404 page. Directory names that contain a dot are routed to the static file handler, which used to fail with a server error instead.
 - A `content_security_policy` that does not contain `'nonce-{NONCE}'` is now sent as written, instead of being silently dropped and leaving the response with no `Content-Security-Policy` header at all. Setting the option to the empty string still disables the header, as documented.
diff --git a/src/webserver/database/blob_to_data_url.rs b/src/webserver/database/blob_to_data_url.rs
index c451e2ba..cd2905ed 100644
--- a/src/webserver/database/blob_to_data_url.rs
+++ b/src/webserver/database/blob_to_data_url.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn detect_mime_type(bytes: &[u8]) -> &'static str {
         // Check for Office document types in ZIP central directory
         if bytes.len() >= 50 {
             let central_dir = &bytes[30..bytes.len().min(50)];
-            if central_dir.windows(6).any(|w| w == b"word/") {
+            if central_dir.windows(5).any(|w| w == b"word/") {
                 return "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document";
             }
             if central_dir.windows(3).any(|w| w == b"xl/") {
@@ -189,6 +189,34 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    fn zip_starting_with(first_entry_name: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut blob = b"PK\x03\x04".to_vec();
+        blob.resize(30, 0);
+        blob.extend_from_slice(first_entry_name);
+        blob.resize(50, 0);
+        blob
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_detect_office_documents() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            detect_mime_type(&zip_starting_with(b"word/document.xml")),
+            "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            detect_mime_type(&zip_starting_with(b"xl/workbook.xml")),
+            "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            detect_mime_type(&zip_starting_with(b"ppt/presentation.xml")),
+            "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            detect_mime_type(&zip_starting_with(b"other/thing.txt")),
+            "application/zip"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn decodes_base64_and_percent_encoded_data_urls() {
         assert_eq!(