diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/OptionalCasePropertiesPanel.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/OptionalCasePropertiesPanel.java
index b5706027a3..9b753900b1 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/OptionalCasePropertiesPanel.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/casemodule/OptionalCasePropertiesPanel.java
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule;
 
 import java.awt.Cursor;
+import java.awt.Dialog;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import javax.swing.JComboBox;
+import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
 import org.openide.util.NbBundle.Messages;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.centralrepository.datamodel.CorrelationCase;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.centralrepository.datamodel.CentralRepoException;
@@ -516,7 +518,7 @@ final class OptionalCasePropertiesPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
     }//GEN-LAST:event_comboBoxOrgNameActionPerformed
 
     private void bnNewOrganizationActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {//GEN-FIRST:event_bnNewOrganizationActionPerformed
-        ManageOrganizationsDialog dialog = new ManageOrganizationsDialog();
+        ManageOrganizationsDialog dialog = new ManageOrganizationsDialog((Dialog) SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(this));
         // update the combobox options and org data fields
         loadOrganizationData();
         if (dialog.isChanged()) {
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/optionspanel/ManageOrganizationsDialog.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/optionspanel/ManageOrganizationsDialog.java
index dff44aa0c5..85373c06d2 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/optionspanel/ManageOrganizationsDialog.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/centralrepository/optionspanel/ManageOrganizationsDialog.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.centralrepository.optionspanel;
 
 import java.awt.Component;
+import java.awt.Dialog;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import javax.swing.DefaultListCellRenderer;
@@ -51,12 +52,41 @@ public final class ManageOrganizationsDialog extends JDialog {
 
     @Messages({"ManageOrganizationsDialog.title.text=Manage Organizations"})
     /**
-     * Creates new form ManageOrganizationsPanel
+     * Creates new form ManageOrganizationsPanel.
+     * @param parent      The dialog parent.
      */
-    public ManageOrganizationsDialog() {
-        super((JFrame) WindowManager.getDefault().getMainWindow(),
+    public ManageOrganizationsDialog(Dialog parent) {
+        super(parent,
                 Bundle.ManageOrganizationsDialog_title_text(),
                 true); // NON-NLS
+        init();
+    }
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * Creates new form ManageOrganizationsPanel.
+     * @param parent        The JFrame parent.
+     */
+    public ManageOrganizationsDialog(JFrame parent) {
+        super(parent,
+                Bundle.ManageOrganizationsDialog_title_text(),
+                true); // NON-NLS
+        init();
+    }
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * Creates new form ManageOrganizationsPanel.
+     */
+    public ManageOrganizationsDialog() {
+        this((JFrame) WindowManager.getDefault().getMainWindow());
+    }
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * To be run as a part of constructor initialization.
+     */
+    private void init() {
         initComponents();
         try {
             this.dbManager = CentralRepository.getInstance();
@@ -85,6 +115,7 @@ public final class ManageOrganizationsDialog extends JDialog {
     private void display() {
         this.setLocationRelativeTo(WindowManager.getDefault().getMainWindow());
         setVisible(true);
+        toFront();
     }
 
     private void populateListAndSelect(CentralRepoOrganization selected) throws CentralRepoException {
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textextractors/TextFileExtractor.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textextractors/TextFileExtractor.java
index 4a89b74d3c..9c71b14ecc 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textextractors/TextFileExtractor.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textextractors/TextFileExtractor.java
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ import java.io.Reader;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.coreutils.Logger;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.coreutils.textutils.EncodingUtils;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.modules.filetypeid.FileTypeDetector;
 import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.AbstractFile;
 import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.ReadContentInputStream;
 import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.TskCoreException;
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ public final class TextFileExtractor implements TextExtractor {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(TextFileExtractor.class.getName());
     private final AbstractFile file;
+    private static final String PLAIN_TEXT_MIME_TYPE = "text/plain";
 
     private Charset encoding = null;
 
@@ -73,7 +76,22 @@ public final class TextFileExtractor implements TextExtractor {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean isSupported() {
-        return file.getMIMEType().equals("text/plain");
+    public boolean isSupported() {        
+        // get the MIME type
+        String mimeType = file.getMIMEType();
+        
+        // if it is not present, attempt to use the FileTypeDetector to determine
+        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(mimeType)) {
+            FileTypeDetector fileTypeDetector = null;
+            try {
+                fileTypeDetector = new FileTypeDetector();
+            } catch (FileTypeDetector.FileTypeDetectorInitException ex) {
+                logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Unable to create file type detector for determining MIME type", ex);
+                return false;
+            }
+            mimeType = fileTypeDetector.getMIMEType(file);
+        }
+        
+        return PLAIN_TEXT_MIME_TYPE.equals(mimeType);
     }
 }