diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad2554ee7..e58bff999 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.7.2-dev0
+## 0.7.2-dev1
 
 ### Enhancements
 
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
+* File detection now detects code files as plain text
 * Adds `tabulate` explicitly to dependencies
 * Fixes an issue in `metadata.page_number` of pptx files
 
diff --git a/test_unstructured/file_utils/test_filetype.py b/test_unstructured/file_utils/test_filetype.py
index 619e43e71..03f2155b8 100644
--- a/test_unstructured/file_utils/test_filetype.py
+++ b/test_unstructured/file_utils/test_filetype.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import pytest
 from unstructured.file_utils import filetype
 from unstructured.file_utils.filetype import (
     FileType,
+    _is_code_mime_type,
     _is_text_file_a_json,
     detect_filetype,
 )
@@ -132,6 +133,23 @@ def test_detect_text_csv(monkeypatch, filename="sample-docs/stanley-cup.csv"):
     assert filetype == FileType.CSV
 
 
+def test_detect_text_python_from_filename(monkeypatch, filename="unstructured/logger.py"):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(magic, "from_file", lambda *args, **kwargs: "text/x-script.python")
+    filetype = detect_filetype(filename=filename)
+    assert filetype == FileType.TXT
+
+
+def test_detect_text_python_from_file(monkeypatch, filename="unstructured/logger.py"):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(magic, "from_file", lambda *args, **kwargs: "text/x-script.python")
+    with open(filename, "rb") as f:
+        filetype = detect_filetype(file=f)
+    assert filetype == FileType.TXT
+
+
+def test_detects_go_mime_type():
+    assert _is_code_mime_type("text/x-go") is True
+
+
 def test_detect_xml_application_rtf(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr(magic, "from_file", lambda *args, **kwargs: "application/rtf")
     filename = os.path.join(EXAMPLE_DOCS_DIRECTORY, "fake.rtf")
diff --git a/unstructured/__version__.py b/unstructured/__version__.py
index fa41b869c..468d86e23 100644
--- a/unstructured/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.2-dev0"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.7.2-dev1"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured/file_utils/filetype.py b/unstructured/file_utils/filetype.py
index 7b6cd12f5..f4eb29c1c 100644
--- a/unstructured/file_utils/filetype.py
+++ b/unstructured/file_utils/filetype.py
@@ -160,6 +160,20 @@ EXT_TO_FILETYPE = {
     ".msg": FileType.MSG,
     ".odt": FileType.ODT,
     ".csv": FileType.CSV,
+    # NOTE(robinson) - for now we are treating code files as plain text
+    ".js": FileType.TXT,
+    ".py": FileType.TXT,
+    ".java": FileType.TXT,
+    ".cpp": FileType.TXT,
+    ".cc": FileType.TXT,
+    ".cxx": FileType.TXT,
+    ".c": FileType.TXT,
+    ".cs": FileType.TXT,
+    ".php": FileType.TXT,
+    ".rb": FileType.TXT,
+    ".swift": FileType.TXT,
+    ".ts": FileType.TXT,
+    ".go": FileType.TXT,
     None: FileType.UNK,
 }
 
@@ -265,6 +279,12 @@ def detect_filetype(
         else:
             return EXT_TO_FILETYPE.get(extension.lower(), filetype)
 
+    elif _is_code_mime_type(mime_type):
+        # NOTE(robinson) - we'll treat all code files as plain text for now.
+        # we can update this logic and add filetypes for specific languages
+        # later if needed.
+        return FileType.TXT
+
     # For everything else
     elif mime_type in STR_TO_FILETYPE:
         return STR_TO_FILETYPE[mime_type]
@@ -363,6 +383,32 @@ def document_to_element_list(
     return elements
 
 
+PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGES = [
+    "javascript",
+    "python",
+    "java",
+    "c++",
+    "cpp",
+    "csharp",
+    "c#",
+    "php",
+    "ruby",
+    "swift",
+    "typescript",
+]
+
+
+def _is_code_mime_type(mime_type: str) -> bool:
+    """Checks to see if the MIME type is a MIME type that would be used for a code
+    file."""
+    mime_type = mime_type.lower()
+    # NOTE(robinson) - check this one explicitly to avoid conflicts with other
+    # MIME types that contain "go"
+    if mime_type == "text/x-go":
+        return True
+    return any(language in mime_type for language in PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGES)
+
+
 def add_metadata_with_filetype(filetype: FileType):
     def decorator(func: Callable):
         @wraps(func)