diff --git a/vips.go b/vips.go
index ba3e2f8..fc876c2 100644
--- a/vips.go
+++ b/vips.go
@@ -562,35 +562,36 @@ func vipsAffine(input *C.VipsImage, residualx, residualy float64, i Interpolator
 }
 
 func vipsImageType(buf []byte) ImageType {
-	if len(buf) == 0 {
+	if len(buf) < 12 {
 		return UNKNOWN
 	}
-	if buf[0] == 0x89 && buf[1] == 0x50 && buf[2] == 0x4E && buf[3] == 0x47 {
-		return PNG
-	}
 	if buf[0] == 0xFF && buf[1] == 0xD8 && buf[2] == 0xFF {
 		return JPEG
 	}
-	if IsTypeSupported(WEBP) && buf[8] == 0x57 && buf[9] == 0x45 && buf[10] == 0x42 && buf[11] == 0x50 {
-		return WEBP
+	if IsTypeSupported(GIF) && buf[0] == 0x47 && buf[1] == 0x49 && buf[2] == 0x46 {
+		return GIF
+	}
+	if buf[0] == 0x89 && buf[1] == 0x50 && buf[2] == 0x4E && buf[3] == 0x47 {
+		return PNG
 	}
 	if IsTypeSupported(TIFF) &&
 		((buf[0] == 0x49 && buf[1] == 0x49 && buf[2] == 0x2A && buf[3] == 0x0) ||
 			(buf[0] == 0x4D && buf[1] == 0x4D && buf[2] == 0x0 && buf[3] == 0x2A)) {
 		return TIFF
 	}
-	if IsTypeSupported(GIF) && buf[0] == 0x47 && buf[1] == 0x49 && buf[2] == 0x46 {
-		return GIF
-	}
 	if IsTypeSupported(PDF) && buf[0] == 0x25 && buf[1] == 0x50 && buf[2] == 0x44 && buf[3] == 0x46 {
 		return PDF
 	}
+	if IsTypeSupported(WEBP) && buf[8] == 0x57 && buf[9] == 0x45 && buf[10] == 0x42 && buf[11] == 0x50 {
+		return WEBP
+	}
 	if IsTypeSupported(SVG) && IsSVGImage(buf) {
 		return SVG
 	}
 	if IsTypeSupported(MAGICK) && strings.HasSuffix(readImageType(buf), "MagickBuffer") {
 		return MAGICK
 	}
+
 	return UNKNOWN
 }
 
diff --git a/vips_test.go b/vips_test.go
index 47b3f41..8631fd4 100644
--- a/vips_test.go
+++ b/vips_test.go
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ func TestVipsImageType(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestVipsImageTypeInvalid(t *testing.T) {
+	imgType := vipsImageType([]byte("vip"))
+	if imgType != UNKNOWN {
+		t.Fatal("Invalid image type")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestVipsMemory(t *testing.T) {
 	mem := VipsMemory()