diff --git a/app/assets/services/bulk_ingest.py b/app/assets/services/bulk_ingest.py
index 658a08067..67aad838f 100644
--- a/app/assets/services/bulk_ingest.py
+++ b/app/assets/services/bulk_ingest.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class SeedAssetSpec(TypedDict):
     info_name: str
     tags: list[str]
     fname: str
-    metadata: ExtractedMetadata | dict[str, Any] | None
+    metadata: ExtractedMetadata | None
     hash: str | None
     mime_type: str | None
     job_id: str | None
@@ -152,10 +152,8 @@ def batch_insert_seed_assets(
 
         # Build user_metadata from extracted metadata or fallback to filename
         extracted_metadata = spec.get("metadata")
-        if isinstance(extracted_metadata, dict):
-            user_metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = extracted_metadata
-        elif extracted_metadata:
-            user_metadata = extracted_metadata.to_user_metadata()
+        if extracted_metadata:
+            user_metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = extracted_metadata.to_user_metadata()
         elif spec["fname"]:
             user_metadata = {"filename": spec["fname"]}
         else:
diff --git a/app/assets/services/ingest.py b/app/assets/services/ingest.py
index f6391e1a9..dc53276dc 100644
--- a/app/assets/services/ingest.py
+++ b/app/assets/services/ingest.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from app.assets.database.queries import (
 from app.assets.helpers import get_utc_now, normalize_tags
 from app.assets.services.bulk_ingest import batch_insert_seed_assets
 from app.assets.services.file_utils import get_size_and_mtime_ns
+from app.assets.services.metadata_extract import extract_file_metadata
 from app.assets.services.path_utils import (
     compute_relative_filename,
     get_name_and_tags_from_asset_path,
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ def ingest_existing_file(
             session.commit()
             return True
 
+        metadata = extract_file_metadata(locator)
         spec = {
             "abs_path": abs_path,
             "size_bytes": size_bytes,
@@ -203,9 +205,9 @@ def ingest_existing_file(
             "info_name": name,
             "tags": tags,
             "fname": os.path.basename(abs_path),
-            "metadata": user_metadata,
+            "metadata": metadata,
             "hash": None,
-            "mime_type": mime_type,
+            "mime_type": mime_type or metadata.content_type,
             "job_id": job_id,
         }
         result = batch_insert_seed_assets(session, [spec], owner_id=owner_id)