diff --git a/frontend/src/components/file/DocumentCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/file/DocumentCard.vue
index 12a717c6..7b093f8d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/file/DocumentCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/file/DocumentCard.vue
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import { filesize } from 'filesize';
 
 import { Button, Card, useConfirm, useToast } from '@/lib/primevue';
 import { documentService } from '@/services';
+import { FILE_CATEGORIES } from '@/utils/constants';
 import { formatDateLong } from '@/utils/formatters';
-import { isFileCategory } from '@/utils/utils';
+import { getFileCategory } from '@/utils/utils';
 
 import compressed from '@/assets/images/compressed.svg';
 import doc from '@/assets/images/doc.svg';
@@ -55,22 +56,22 @@ const confirmDelete = (documentId: string, filename: string) => {
 };
 
 const displayIcon = (mimeType = '') => {
-  const icon = isFileCategory(mimeType);
+  const icon = getFileCategory(mimeType);
 
   switch (icon) {
-    case 'doc':
+    case FILE_CATEGORIES.DOC:
       return doc;
-    case 'shape':
+    case FILE_CATEGORIES.SHAPE:
       return shape;
-    case 'pdf':
+    case FILE_CATEGORIES.PDF:
       return pdf;
-    case 'spreadsheet':
+    case FILE_CATEGORIES.SPREADSHEET:
       return spreadsheet;
-    case 'image':
+    case FILE_CATEGORIES.IMAGE:
       return image;
-    case 'email':
+    case FILE_CATEGORIES.EMAIL:
       return email;
-    case 'compressed':
+    case FILE_CATEGORIES.COMPRESSED:
       return compressed;
     default:
       return file;
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/constants.ts b/frontend/src/utils/constants.ts
index 9aef4e73..0e1999df 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/constants.ts
@@ -66,3 +66,17 @@ export const QueuePriority = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
  * Default System User ID
  */
 export const SYSTEM_USER = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000';
+
+/**
+ * File category definitions
+ */
+export const FILE_CATEGORIES = {
+  COMPRESSED: 'compressed',
+  DOC: 'doc',
+  EMAIL: 'email',
+  FILE: 'file',
+  IMAGE: 'image',
+  PDF: 'pdf',
+  SHAPE: 'shape',
+  SPREADSHEET: 'spreadsheet'
+};
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts b/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
index 2b11a454..f9449f50 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { DELIMITER } from '@/utils/constants';
+import { DELIMITER, FILE_CATEGORIES } from '@/utils/constants';
 
 /**
  * @function differential
@@ -12,47 +12,47 @@ export function differential(source: any, comparer: any): any {
 }
 
 /**
- * @function isFileCategory
+ * @function getFileCategory
  * Compares mimeType to a list and returns a string category for that mimetype
  * @param {string} mimeType mimeType to be categorized
  * @returns {string} Category of file the mimeType falls under
  */
-export function isFileCategory(mimeType: string): string {
+export function getFileCategory(mimeType: string): string {
   // Checks for commonly used and likely used mimetypes
   switch (true) {
     case mimeType.includes('/vnd.shp'):
     case mimeType.includes('/vnd.shx'):
     case mimeType.includes('/dbase'):
     case mimeType.includes('/dbf'):
-      return 'shape';
+      return FILE_CATEGORIES.SHAPE;
     case mimeType.includes('/msword'):
     case mimeType.includes('/vnd.ms-word'):
     case mimeType.includes('/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text'):
     case mimeType.includes('/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml'):
-      return 'doc';
+      return FILE_CATEGORIES.DOC;
     case mimeType.includes('/vnd.pdf'):
     case mimeType.includes('/pdf'):
     case mimeType.includes('/x-pdf'):
-      return 'pdf';
+      return FILE_CATEGORIES.PDF;
     case mimeType.includes('/vnd.ms-excel'):
     case mimeType.includes('/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml'):
     case mimeType.includes('/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet'):
-      return 'spreadsheet';
+      return FILE_CATEGORIES.SPREADSHEET;
     case mimeType.includes('image/'):
-      return 'image';
+      return FILE_CATEGORIES.IMAGE;
     case mimeType.includes('/vnd.seemail'):
     case mimeType.includes('/vnd.omads-email+xml'):
     case mimeType.includes('message/'):
-      return 'email';
+      return FILE_CATEGORIES.EMAIL;
     case mimeType.includes('/gzip'):
     case mimeType.includes('/zip'):
     case mimeType.includes('/x-gzip'):
     case mimeType.includes('/x-zip'):
     case mimeType.includes('/x-7z'):
     case mimeType.includes('/x-rar'):
-      return 'compressed';
+      return FILE_CATEGORIES.COMPRESSED;
     default:
-      return 'file';
+      return FILE_CATEGORIES.FILE;
   }
 }