diff --git a/icons/cart.svg b/icons/cart.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca0f494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icons/cart.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!-- Uploaded to: SVG Repo, www.svgrepo.com, Generator: SVG Repo Mixer Tools -->
+<svg width="800px" height="800px" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+<path d="M6.29977 5H21L19 12H7.37671M20 16H8L6 3H3M9 20C9 20.5523 8.55228 21 8 21C7.44772 21 7 20.5523 7 20C7 19.4477 7.44772 19 8 19C8.55228 19 9 19.4477 9 20ZM20 20C20 20.5523 19.5523 21 19 21C18.4477 21 18 20.5523 18 20C18 19.4477 18.4477 19 19 19C19.5523 19 20 19.4477 20 20Z" stroke="#000000" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"/>
+</svg>
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diff --git a/src/data_connection.py b/src/data_connection.py
index 213ba81..b1fa5cd 100644
--- a/src/data_connection.py
+++ b/src/data_connection.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from src.classes import product_classes
 
-pizza = product_classes.Product(name="Pizza", price=3.0, barcode=1000 , image_filename="pizza.svg")
-banana = product_classes.Product(name="Banana", price=1.0, barcode=1001 ,image_filename="banana.svg")
+pizza = product_classes.Product(name="Pizza", price=3.0, barcode=1000 , image_filename="pizza")
+banana = product_classes.Product(name="Banana", price=1.0, barcode=1001 ,image_filename="banana")
 
 product_list = [pizza, banana]
 
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 55158f1..1c295ba 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import FileResponse
+import os
 
 from src.classes import product_classes
 from src.config import definitions
+from validators import image_validator
 from src import data_connection
 
 app = FastAPI()
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ app.add_middleware(
     allow_headers=["*"],
 )
 
+
 @app.get("/")
 def read_root():
     return {"Hello": "World"}
@@ -34,5 +37,8 @@ def get_single_product(barcode: int):
 
 @app.get("/icons/{icon_filename}", response_class=FileResponse)
 def get_icon(icon_filename: str):
-    full_filepath = f"{definitions.ICONS_PATH}/{icon_filename}"
+    full_filepath = os.path.join(definitions.ICONS_PATH, icon_filename) + ".svg"
+    assert os.path.exists(full_filepath), f"File {full_filepath} not found"
+    assert image_validator.is_valid_svg(full_filepath), f"File {full_filepath} is not a valid image"
+
     return full_filepath
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diff --git a/validators/__init__.py b/validators/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/validators/image_validator.py b/validators/image_validator.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c50c9a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validators/image_validator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import re
+from PIL import Image
+
+def is_valid_image(file_name):
+    try:
+        with Image.open(file_name) as img:
+            img.verify()
+            return True
+    except (IOError, SyntaxError):
+        return False
+
+
+def is_valid_svg(file_name):
+    SVG_R = r'(?:<\?xml\b[^>]*>[^<]*)?(?:<!--.*?-->[^<]*)*(?:<svg|<!DOCTYPE svg)\b'
+    SVG_RE = re.compile(SVG_R, re.DOTALL)
+
+    file_object = open(file_name, 'r')
+
+    file_contents = file_object.read()
+
+    is_svg = SVG_RE.match(file_contents) is not None
+
+    return is_svg
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