diff --git a/facefusion/apis/asset_helper.py b/facefusion/apis/asset_helper.py
index 80989ef0..2538ee57 100644
--- a/facefusion/apis/asset_helper.py
+++ b/facefusion/apis/asset_helper.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
 from facefusion.audio import detect_audio_duration
 from facefusion.ffprobe import detect_audio_channel_total, detect_audio_format, detect_audio_frame_total, detect_audio_sample_rate
-from facefusion.types import AudioMetadata, ImageMetadata, VideoMetadata
+from facefusion.filesystem import is_audio, is_image, is_video
+from facefusion.types import AudioMetadata, ImageMetadata, MediaType, VideoMetadata
 from facefusion.vision import count_video_frame_total, detect_image_resolution, detect_video_duration, detect_video_fps, detect_video_resolution
 
 
@@ -33,3 +36,13 @@ def extract_video_metadata(file_path : str) -> VideoMetadata:
 		'resolution': detect_video_resolution(file_path)
 	}
 	return metadata
+
+
+def detect_media_type(file_path : str) -> Optional[MediaType]:
+	if is_audio(file_path):
+		return 'audio'
+	if is_image(file_path):
+		return 'image'
+	if is_video(file_path):
+		return 'video'
+	return None
diff --git a/facefusion/apis/endpoints/assets.py b/facefusion/apis/endpoints/assets.py
index 7c319dc1..f030633d 100644
--- a/facefusion/apis/endpoints/assets.py
+++ b/facefusion/apis/endpoints/assets.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import tempfile
-from typing import List, Tuple
+from typing import List
 
 from starlette.datastructures import UploadFile
 from starlette.requests import Request
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ from starlette.status import HTTP_201_CREATED, HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
 
 from facefusion import session_manager
 from facefusion.apis import asset_store
+from facefusion.apis.asset_helper import detect_media_type
 from facefusion.apis.endpoints.session import extract_access_token
-from facefusion.filesystem import get_file_extension, is_audio, is_file, is_image, is_video, remove_file
-from facefusion.types import MediaType
+from facefusion.filesystem import get_file_extension, is_file, remove_file
 
 
 async def upload_asset(request : Request) -> JSONResponse:
@@ -30,14 +30,17 @@ async def upload_asset(request : Request) -> JSONResponse:
 		if media_files:
 			asset_ids : List[str] = []
 
-			for file_path, media_type in media_files:
-				asset = asset_store.create_asset(session_id, asset_type, media_type, file_path) #type:ignore[arg-type]
+			for media_file in media_files:
+				media_type = detect_media_type(media_file)
 
-				if asset:
-					asset_id = asset.get('id')
+				if media_type:
+					asset = asset_store.create_asset(session_id, asset_type, media_type, media_file) #type:ignore[arg-type]
 
-					if asset_id:
-						asset_ids.append(asset_id)
+					if asset:
+						asset_id = asset.get('id')
+
+						if asset_id:
+							asset_ids.append(asset_id)
 
 			if asset_ids:
 				if asset_type == 'target':
@@ -48,8 +51,8 @@ async def upload_asset(request : Request) -> JSONResponse:
 	return JSONResponse({}, status_code = HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
 
-async def prepare_media_files(files : List[UploadFile]) -> List[Tuple[str, MediaType]]:
-	media_files : List[Tuple[str, MediaType]] = []
+async def prepare_media_files(files : List[UploadFile]) -> List[str]:
+	media_files : List[str] = []
 
 	for file in files:
 		file_extension = get_file_extension(file.filename)
@@ -59,17 +62,10 @@ async def prepare_media_files(files : List[UploadFile]) -> List[Tuple[str, Media
 			temp_file.write(content)
 			file_path = temp_file.name
 
-		media_type : MediaType | None = None
-
-		if is_audio(file_path):
-			media_type = 'audio'
-		if is_image(file_path):
-			media_type = 'image'
-		if is_video(file_path):
-			media_type = 'video'
+		media_type = detect_media_type(file_path)
 
 		if media_type:
-			media_files.append((file_path, media_type))
+			media_files.append(file_path)
 
 		if not media_type and is_file(file_path):
 			remove_file(file_path)