diff --git a/frontend/src/sections/Importer.svelte b/frontend/src/sections/Importer.svelte
index 0024ec5..f89865b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/sections/Importer.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/sections/Importer.svelte
@@ -66,17 +66,17 @@
       
       canvas = new Canvas(png.width, png.height)
       
-      if (png.pixelBitlength === 32) {
+      if (png.colorType === 6 || png.colorType === 2) { // RGBA / RGB
         for (let i = 0; i < png.decodedPixels.length; i += 4) {
           let y = Math.floor(i / (png.width * 4))
           let x = (i / 4) % png.width
           canvas.setPixelRGBA(x, y, png.decodedPixels[i], png.decodedPixels[i+1], png.decodedPixels[i+2], png.decodedPixels[i+3])
         }
-      } else if (png.pixelBitlength === 24) {
-        // RGB
-      } else if (png.pixelBitlength === 8) {
+        canvas.isIndexed = false
+      } else if (png.colorType === 3) { // indexed
         canvas.setPaletteFromUint8Array(png.decodedPalette)
         canvas.setPixelsFromUint8Array(png.decodedPixels)
+        canvas.isIndexed = true
       } else {
         error = "pixel format"
         error2 = "unsupported pixel format"
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/canvas.ts b/frontend/src/types/canvas.ts
index fa8abe1..ab0c17e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/canvas.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/canvas.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export class Canvas {
   height: number
   palette: Uint32Array // 32-bit RGBA palette
   pixels: Uint8Array // 8-bit indices into the palette
+  public isIndexed: boolean = false
   canvas: HTMLCanvasElement
   imageData: ImageData
   
@@ -18,8 +19,9 @@ export class Canvas {
   }
   
   // fromData creates a new Canvas instance from the provided data.
-  static fromData({width, height, palette, pixels}: {width: number, height: number, palette: Uint32Array, pixels: Uint8Array}): Canvas {
+  static fromData({width, height, isIndexed, palette, pixels}: {width: number, height: number, isIndexed: boolean, palette: Uint32Array, pixels: Uint8Array}): Canvas {
     let canvas = new Canvas(width, height)
+    canvas.isIndexed = isIndexed
     canvas.palette = palette
     canvas.pixels = pixels
     canvas.imageData = new ImageData(width, height)
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/copypaste.ts b/frontend/src/types/copypaste.ts
index 196b18e..1e8a5b9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/copypaste.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/copypaste.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export class CopyPaste {
     currentCanvas = Canvas.fromData({
       width: canvas.width,
       height: canvas.height,
+      isIndexed: canvas.isIndexed,
       palette: canvas.palette,
       pixels: canvas.pixels
     })
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ export class CopyPaste {
     let canvas = Canvas.fromData({
       width: currentCanvas.width,
       height: currentCanvas.height,
+      isIndexed: currentCanvas.isIndexed,
       palette: currentCanvas.palette,
       pixels: currentCanvas.pixels
     })
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/png.ts b/frontend/src/types/png.ts
index 410e832..99878f0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/png.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/png.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class IndexedPNG {
   public width: number
   public height: number
   private bits: number
-  private colorType: number
+  public colorType: number
   private compressionMethod: number
   private filterMethod: number
   private interlaceMethod: number