diff --git a/instapy_cli/cli.py b/instapy_cli/cli.py
index d80382e..0bb6a10 100644
--- a/instapy_cli/cli.py
+++ b/instapy_cli/cli.py
@@ -138,9 +138,10 @@ def upload(self, file, caption='', story=False):
 
 
         except Exception as e:
-            print('Error is >>\n    ' + str(e))
-            print('\nSomething went bad.\nPlease retry or send an issue on https://github.com/b3nab/instapy-cli\n')
+         #   print('Error is >>\n    ' + str(e))
+         #   print('\nSomething went bad.\nPlease retry or send an issue on https://github.com/b3nab/instapy-cli\n')
             upload_completed = False
+            raise IOError(str(e), '\nSomething went bad.\nPlease retry or send an issue on https://github.com/b3nab/instapy-cli\n')
 
         finally:
             # media_status = 'YES' if media.isDownloaded() else 'NO'
diff --git a/instapy_cli/media.py b/instapy_cli/media.py
index 48df57d..1925920 100644
--- a/instapy_cli/media.py
+++ b/instapy_cli/media.py
@@ -25,15 +25,20 @@ def __init__(self, file, ratio='post'):
         # if file is a local file
         else:
             self.media_path = file
-        
+
         self.check_type()
-    
+
     def check_type(self):
-        self.media_ext = filetype.guess(self.media_path).extension
-    
+        ext = filetype.guess(self.media_path)
+        if None is self.media_ext:
+            absolute_path = os.path.abspath(self.media_path)
+            self.media_ext = os.path.splitext(absolute_path)[-1].replace(".", "")
+        else:
+            self.media_ext = ext.extension
+
     def is_image(self):
         return True if self.media_ext in ['jpg', 'png', 'gif'] else False
-        
+
     def is_video(self):
         return True if self.media_ext in ['mp4', 'mov', 'avi'] else False