diff --git a/admin/app/services/rag_service.ts b/admin/app/services/rag_service.ts
index 29b65cf..45f660c 100644
--- a/admin/app/services/rag_service.ts
+++ b/admin/app/services/rag_service.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { createWorker } from 'tesseract.js'
 import { fromBuffer } from 'pdf2pic'
 import JSZip from 'jszip'
 import * as cheerio from 'cheerio'
+import mammoth from 'mammoth'
 import { OllamaService } from './ollama_service.js'
 import { SERVICE_NAMES } from '../../constants/service_names.js'
 import { removeStopwords } from 'stopword'
@@ -611,6 +612,16 @@ export class RagService {
     return await this.extractTXTText(fileBuffer)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Extract text content from a DOCX file using mammoth. DOCX is a ZIP-based
+   * XML format, so raw-text extraction (extractTXTText) would return garbage —
+   * this parses the document XML properly and returns clean plain text.
+   */
+  private async processDocxFile(fileBuffer: Buffer): Promise<string> {
+    const { value: text } = await mammoth.extractRawText({ buffer: fileBuffer })
+    return text
+  }
+
   /**
    * Extract text content from an EPUB file.
    * EPUBs are ZIP archives containing XHTML content files.
@@ -765,6 +776,9 @@ export class RagService {
         case 'pdf':
           extractedText = await this.processPDFFile(fileBuffer!)
           break
+        case 'docx':
+          extractedText = await this.processDocxFile(fileBuffer!)
+          break
         case 'epub':
           extractedText = await this.processEPUBFile(fileBuffer!)
           break
diff --git a/admin/app/utils/fs.ts b/admin/app/utils/fs.ts
index 69b5463..6711ebc 100644
--- a/admin/app/utils/fs.ts
+++ b/admin/app/utils/fs.ts
@@ -190,13 +190,15 @@ export function matchesDevice(fsPath: string, deviceName: string): boolean {
   return false
 }
 
-export function determineFileType(filename: string): 'image' | 'pdf' | 'text' | 'epub' | 'zim' | 'unknown' {
+export function determineFileType(filename: string): 'image' | 'pdf' | 'text' | 'docx' | 'epub' | 'zim' | 'unknown' {
   const ext = path.extname(filename).toLowerCase()
   if (['.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.gif', '.bmp', '.tiff', '.webp'].includes(ext)) {
     return 'image'
   } else if (ext === '.pdf') {
     return 'pdf'
-  } else if (['.txt', '.md', '.docx', '.rtf'].includes(ext)) {
+  } else if (ext === '.docx') {
+    return 'docx'
+  } else if (['.txt', '.md', '.rtf'].includes(ext)) {
     return 'text'
   } else if (ext === '.epub') {
     return 'epub'
diff --git a/admin/package-lock.json b/admin/package-lock.json
index 0a18db6..ccaa795 100644
--- a/admin/package-lock.json
+++ b/admin/package-lock.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
         "ipaddr.js": "2.4.0",
         "jszip": "3.10.1",
         "luxon": "3.7.2",
+        "mammoth": "^1.12.0",
         "maplibre-gl": "4.7.1",
         "mysql2": "3.22.5",
         "ollama": "0.6.3",
@@ -2230,9 +2231,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "LGPL-3.0-or-later",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2249,9 +2247,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "LGPL-3.0-or-later",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2268,9 +2263,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "ppc64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "LGPL-3.0-or-later",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2287,9 +2279,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "riscv64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "LGPL-3.0-or-later",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2306,9 +2295,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "s390x"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "LGPL-3.0-or-later",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2325,9 +2311,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "x64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "LGPL-3.0-or-later",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2344,9 +2327,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
       "license": "LGPL-3.0-or-later",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2363,9 +2343,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "x64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
       "license": "LGPL-3.0-or-later",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2382,9 +2359,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2407,9 +2381,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2432,9 +2403,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "ppc64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2457,9 +2425,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "riscv64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2482,9 +2447,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "s390x"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2507,9 +2469,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "x64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2532,9 +2491,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -2557,9 +2513,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "x64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -3435,9 +3388,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -3454,9 +3404,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -3473,9 +3420,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "riscv64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -3492,9 +3436,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "x64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -3511,9 +3452,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "x64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4199,9 +4137,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4215,9 +4150,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4231,9 +4163,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4247,9 +4176,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4263,9 +4189,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "loong64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4279,9 +4202,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "loong64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4295,9 +4215,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "ppc64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4311,9 +4228,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "ppc64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4327,9 +4241,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "riscv64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4343,9 +4254,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "riscv64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4359,9 +4267,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "s390x"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4375,9 +4280,6 @@
       "cpu": [
         "x64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4391,9 +4293,6 @@
       "cpu": [
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       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4590,6 +4489,7 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm64"
       ],
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0 AND MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4606,6 +4506,7 @@
       "cpu": [
         "x64"
       ],
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0 AND MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4622,6 +4523,7 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm"
       ],
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4638,9 +4540,7 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0 AND MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4657,9 +4557,7 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0 AND MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4676,9 +4574,7 @@
       "cpu": [
         "x64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0 AND MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4695,9 +4591,7 @@
       "cpu": [
         "x64"
       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0 AND MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4714,6 +4608,7 @@
       "cpu": [
         "arm64"
       ],
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0 AND MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4730,6 +4625,7 @@
       "cpu": [
         "ia32"
       ],
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0 AND MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4746,6 +4642,7 @@
       "cpu": [
         "x64"
       ],
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0 AND MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4938,9 +4835,6 @@
       "cpu": [
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       ],
-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -4957,9 +4851,6 @@
       "cpu": [
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-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
       "license": "MIT",
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@@ -4976,9 +4867,6 @@
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-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
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@@ -4995,9 +4883,6 @@
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-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
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@@ -6347,6 +6232,15 @@
         "vite": "^4.2.0 || ^5.0.0 || ^6.0.0 || ^7.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@xmldom/xmldom": {
+      "version": "0.8.13",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@xmldom/xmldom/-/xmldom-0.8.13.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KRYzxepc14G/CEpEGc3Yn+JKaAeT63smlDr+vjB8jRfgTBBI9wRj/nkQEO+ucV8p8I9bfKLWp37uHgFrbntPvw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/abbrev": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/abbrev/-/abbrev-3.0.1.tgz",
@@ -6806,6 +6700,12 @@
         "readable-stream": "^3.4.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/bluebird": {
+      "version": "3.4.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bluebird/-/bluebird-3.4.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-iD3898SR7sWVRHbiQv+sHUtHnMvC1o3nW5rAcqnq3uOn07DSAppZYUkIGslDz6gXC7HfunPe7YVBgoEJASPcHA==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/bmp-js": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bmp-js/-/bmp-js-0.1.0.tgz",
@@ -8069,6 +7969,12 @@
         "node": ">=0.3.1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/dingbat-to-unicode": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dingbat-to-unicode/-/dingbat-to-unicode-1.0.1.tgz",
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+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dlv/-/dlv-1.1.3.tgz",
@@ -8175,6 +8081,15 @@
         "url": "https://dotenvx.com"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/duck": {
+      "version": "0.1.12",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/duck/-/duck-0.1.12.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wkctla1O6VfP89gQ+J/yDesM0S7B7XLXjKGzXxMDVFg7uEn706niAtyYovKbyq1oT9YwDcly721/iUWoc8MVRg==",
+      "license": "BSD",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "underscore": "^1.13.1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/dunder-proto": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dunder-proto/-/dunder-proto-1.0.1.tgz",
@@ -11240,9 +11155,6 @@
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-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "MPL-2.0",
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@@ -11263,9 +11175,6 @@
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-      "libc": [
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-      ],
       "license": "MPL-2.0",
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@@ -11286,9 +11195,6 @@
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-      "libc": [
-        "glibc"
-      ],
       "license": "MPL-2.0",
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       "os": [
@@ -11309,9 +11215,6 @@
       "cpu": [
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-      "libc": [
-        "musl"
-      ],
       "license": "MPL-2.0",
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
@@ -11491,6 +11394,17 @@
         "loose-envify": "cli.js"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/lop": {
+      "version": "0.4.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lop/-/lop-0.4.2.tgz",
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+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "duck": "^0.1.12",
+        "option": "~0.2.1",
+        "underscore": "^1.13.1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/lru-cache": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-5.1.1.tgz",
@@ -11570,6 +11484,39 @@
         "node": ">= 0.6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/mammoth": {
+      "version": "1.12.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mammoth/-/mammoth-1.12.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-cwnK1RIcRdDMi2HRx2EXGYlxqIEh0Oo3bLhorgnsVJi2UkbX1+jKxuBNR9PC5+JaX7EkmJxFPmo6mjLpqShI2w==",
+      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@xmldom/xmldom": "^0.8.6",
+        "argparse": "~1.0.3",
+        "base64-js": "^1.5.1",
+        "bluebird": "~3.4.0",
+        "dingbat-to-unicode": "^1.0.1",
+        "jszip": "^3.7.1",
+        "lop": "^0.4.2",
+        "path-is-absolute": "^1.0.0",
+        "underscore": "^1.13.1",
+        "xmlbuilder": "^10.0.0"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "mammoth": "bin/mammoth"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/mammoth/node_modules/argparse": {
+      "version": "1.0.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "sprintf-js": "~1.0.2"
+      }
+    },
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@@ -13284,6 +13231,12 @@
         "opencollective-postinstall": "index.js"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/option": {
+      "version": "0.2.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/option/-/option-0.2.4.tgz",
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+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/optionator/-/optionator-0.9.4.tgz",
@@ -13628,6 +13581,15 @@
         "node": ">=14.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/path-is-absolute": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-is-absolute/-/path-is-absolute-1.0.1.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-key/-/path-key-3.1.1.tgz",
@@ -15641,6 +15603,12 @@
         "node": ">= 10.x"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/sprintf-js": {
+      "version": "1.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sprintf-js/-/sprintf-js-1.0.3.tgz",
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+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause"
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sql-escaper/-/sql-escaper-1.3.3.tgz",
@@ -16627,6 +16595,12 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
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+    "node_modules/underscore": {
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diff --git a/admin/package.json b/admin/package.json
index 18254d8..fb960a6 100644
--- a/admin/package.json
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