diff --git a/plugin/packages/wakatime/wakatime/stats.py b/plugin/packages/wakatime/wakatime/stats.py
index 8e50279..85703b3 100644
--- a/plugin/packages/wakatime/wakatime/stats.py
+++ b/plugin/packages/wakatime/wakatime/stats.py
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # force file name extensions to be recognized as a certain language
 EXTENSIONS = {
-    'md': 'Markdown',
     'j2': 'HTML',
+    'markdown': 'Markdown',
+    'md': 'Markdown',
 }
 TRANSLATIONS = {
     'CSS+Genshi Text': 'CSS',