diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5414d4d..2b5c5cd 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ MARKDOWNX_MEDIA_PATH = 'markdownx/' # Path, where images will be stored in MEDIA
 
 # Image
 MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE = 52428800 # 50MB - maximum file size
-MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_CONTENT_TYPES = ['image/jpeg', 'image/png'] # Acceptable file content types
-MARKDOWNX_IMAGE_MAX_SIZE = {'size': (500, 500), 'quality': 90,} # Different options describing final image processing: size, compression etc. See below for more info.
+MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_CONTENT_TYPES = ['image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/svg+xml'] # Acceptable file content types
+MARKDOWNX_IMAGE_MAX_SIZE = {'size': (500, 500), 'quality': 90,} # Different options describing final image processing: size, compression etc. See below for more info. Dimensions are not applied to SVG files.
 
 # Editor
 MARKDOWNX_EDITOR_RESIZABLE = True # Update editor's height to inner content height while typing
diff --git a/markdownx/forms.py b/markdownx/forms.py
index 778b1a0..8a03cac 100755
--- a/markdownx/forms.py
+++ b/markdownx/forms.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import os
-import uuid
+from os import path
+from os import SEEK_END
+from uuid import uuid4
 
 from django import forms
 from django.utils.six import BytesIO
@@ -16,39 +17,102 @@ from .settings import (
     MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE,
 )
 
+# -------------------------------------------------------
+# Constants
+# -------------------------------------------------------
+
+SVG_TYPE = 'image/svg+xml'
+SVG_EXTENSION = 'svg'
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------
+
 
 class ImageForm(forms.Form):
 
-    image = forms.ImageField()
+    image = forms.FileField()
 
     def save(self, commit=True):
-        img = scale_and_crop(self.files['image'], **MARKDOWNX_IMAGE_MAX_SIZE)
-        thumb_io = BytesIO()
-        img.save(thumb_io, self.files['image'].content_type.split('/')[-1].upper())
+        """
+        Saves the uploaded image in the designated location.
 
-        file_name = str(self.files['image'])
-        thumb_io.seek(0, os.SEEK_END)
-        img = InMemoryUploadedFile(thumb_io, None, file_name, self.files['image'].content_type, thumb_io.tell(), None)
+        If image type is not SVG, a byteIO of image content_type is created and
+        subsequently save; otherwise, the SVG is saved in its existing `charset`
+        as an `image/svg+xml`.
+
+        The dimension of image files (excluding SVG) are set using `Pillow`.
+
+        :param commit: If `True`, the file is saved to the disk; otherwise, it is held in the memory.
+        :type commit: bool
+        :return: An instance of saved image if `commit` is `True`, else `full_path, uploaded_image`.
+        """
+        image = self.files.get('image')
+        content_type = image.content_type
+        thumb_io = None
+        file_name = image.name
+
+        if image.content_type is SVG_TYPE:
+            thumb_io = BytesIO()
+            preped_image = scale_and_crop(image, **MARKDOWNX_IMAGE_MAX_SIZE)
+            image_extension = image.content_type.split('/')[-1].upper()
+            preped_image.save(thumb_io, image_extension)
+            file_name = str(image)
+            thumb_io.seek(0, SEEK_END)
+
+        uploaded_image = InMemoryUploadedFile(
+            file=thumb_io if thumb_io else image,
+            field_name=None,
+            name=file_name,
+            content_type=content_type,
+            size=thumb_io.tell() if thumb_io else getattr(image, '_size'),
+            charset=None
+        )
 
         unique_file_name = self.get_unique_file_name(file_name)
-        full_path = os.path.join(MARKDOWNX_MEDIA_PATH, unique_file_name)
-        default_storage.save(full_path, img)
+        full_path = path.join(MARKDOWNX_MEDIA_PATH, unique_file_name)
 
-        return default_storage.url(full_path)
+        if commit:
+            default_storage.save(full_path, uploaded_image)
+            return default_storage.url(full_path)
 
-    def get_unique_file_name(instance, filename):
+        # If `commit=False`, return the path and in-memory image.
+        return full_path, uploaded_image
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_unique_file_name(filename):
+        """
+        Generates a universally unique ID using Python `UUID` and
+        attaches the extension of file name to it.
+        :param filename: Name of the uploaded file, including the extension.
+        :type filename: str
+        :return: Universally unique ID, ending with the extension extracted from `filename`.
+        :rtype: str
+        """
         ext = filename.split('.')[-1]
-        filename = "%s.%s" % (uuid.uuid4(), ext)
+        filename = "%s.%s" % (uuid4(), ext)
         return filename
 
     def clean(self):
+        """
+        Checks the upload against allowed extensions and maximum size.
+        :return: Upload
+        """
         upload = self.cleaned_data.get('image')
-        if upload:
-            content_type = upload.content_type
-            if content_type in MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_CONTENT_TYPES:
-                if upload._size > MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE:
-                    raise forms.ValidationError(_('Please keep filesize under %(max)s. Current filesize %(current)s') % {'max':filters.filesizeformat(MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE), 'current':filters.filesizeformat(upload._size)})
-            else:
-                raise forms.ValidationError(_('File type is not supported'))
+        if not upload:
+            raise forms.ValidationError(_('No files have been uploaded.'))
 
-            return upload
+        content_type = upload.content_type
+        file_size = getattr(upload, '_size')
+
+        if content_type not in MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_CONTENT_TYPES:
+            raise forms.ValidationError(_('File type is not supported.'))
+
+        elif file_size > MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE:
+            raise forms.ValidationError(
+                _('Please keep file size under %(max)s. Current file size %(current)s') %
+                {
+                    'max': filters.filesizeformat(MARKDOWNX_UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE),
+                    'current': filters.filesizeformat(upload._size)
+                }
+            )
+
+        return upload