diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 575f59e..6e108b2 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartmime',
-  version: '2.0.0',
+  version: '2.0.1',
   description: 'A module for detecting MIME types with support for binary and text file distinctions.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 1e61ec1..b44cbca 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -39,3 +39,11 @@ export const getEncoding = async (optionsArg: {
 }) => {
   return (await isBinary(optionsArg)) ? 'binary' : 'utf8';
 };
+
+/** 
+ * Synchronous version to get encoding based on the file extension
+ */
+export const getPathEncodingSync = (path: string): 'binary' | 'utf8' => {
+  const mimeType = plugins.mime.getType(path);
+  return binaryMimeTypes.includes(mimeType) ? 'binary' : 'utf8';
+};
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