diff --git a/src/napari_nifti/__init__.py b/src/napari_nifti/__init__.py
index e27816e..c113224 100644
--- a/src/napari_nifti/__init__.py
+++ b/src/napari_nifti/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.16"
+__version__ = "0.0.17"
 
 from ._reader import napari_get_reader
 from ._writer import write_single_image
diff --git a/src/napari_nifti/napari.yaml b/src/napari_nifti/napari.yaml
index 1b7cb6f..1c8b0b5 100644
--- a/src/napari_nifti/napari.yaml
+++ b/src/napari_nifti/napari.yaml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ contributions:
   readers:
     - command: napari-nifti.get_reader
       accepts_directories: false
-      filename_patterns: [ '*.nii', '*.nii.gz', '*.nrrd']
+      filename_patterns: [ '*.gz', '*.nii', '*.nii.gz', '*.nrrd']
   writers:
     - command: napari-nifti.write_single_image
       layer_types: ['image']
-      filename_extensions: [ '*.nii', '*.nii.gz', '*.nrrd' ]
+      filename_extensions: [ '*.gz', '*.nii', '*.nii.gz', '*.nrrd' ]
     - command: napari-nifti.write_single_image
       layer_types: [ 'labels' ]
-      filename_extensions: [ '*.nii', '*.nii.gz', '*.nrrd' ]
+      filename_extensions: [ '*.gz', '*.nii', '*.nii.gz', '*.nrrd' ]