diff --git a/dir2cast.php b/dir2cast.php
index acf8f90..00f7d53 100644
--- a/dir2cast.php
+++ b/dir2cast.php
@@ -631,11 +631,23 @@ protected function stripBasePath($filename)
      */
     public function getTitle()
     {
+        $overridden_title = parent::getTitle();
+        if($overridden_title)
+        {
+            return $overridden_title;
+        }
+
         return basename($this->getFilename());
     }
     
     public function getType()
     {
+        $overridden_type = parent::getType();
+        if($overridden_type)
+        {
+            return $overridden_type;
+        }
+
         return 'application/octet-stream';
     }
         
@@ -683,6 +695,12 @@ protected function getImageFilename($type) {
      */
     public function getImage()
     {
+        $overridden_image = parent::getImage();
+        if($overridden_image)
+        {
+            return $overridden_image;
+        }
+
         $image_file_name = $this->getImageFilename('png');
         if(file_exists( $image_file_name ))
             return $this->filenameToUrl($image_file_name);
diff --git a/test/RSS_File_ItemTest.php b/test/RSS_File_ItemTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12181e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/RSS_File_ItemTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+final class RSS_File_ItemTest extends RSS_ItemTest
+{
+    public static function setUpBeforeClass(): void
+    {
+        define('MP3_URL', 'http://www.example.com/mp3/');
+        define('MP3_DIR', getcwd());
+    }
+
+    public function newRSSItem()
+    {
+        return new RSS_File_Item('example.mp3');
+    }
+
+    public function getDefaultTitle()
+    {
+        return 'example.mp3';
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/test/RSS_ItemTest.php b/test/RSS_ItemTest.php
index 999873d..5510c1c 100644
--- a/test/RSS_ItemTest.php
+++ b/test/RSS_ItemTest.php
@@ -2,18 +2,23 @@
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
-final class RSS_ItemTest extends TestCase
+class RSS_ItemTest extends TestCase
 {
+    public function newRSSItem()
+    {
+        return new RSS_Item();
+    }
 
-    public static function setUpBeforeClass(): void
+    public function getDefaultTitle()
     {
+        return '(untitled)';
     }
 
     public function test_rss_item_added_to_podcast_channel()
     {
         $mp = new MyPodcast();
 
-        $item = new RSS_Item();
+        $item = $this->newRSSItem();
         $item->setTitle('item title');
         $item->setLink('link.mp3');
         $item->setPubDate('today');
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ public function test_html_description_with_DESCRIPTION_HTML_set()
         define('DESCRIPTION_HTML', true);
         $mp = new MyPodcast();
 
-        $item = new RSS_Item();
+        $item = $this->newRSSItem();
         $item->setDescription("<h1>test</h1>");
         $mp->addRssItem($item);
 
@@ -73,19 +78,19 @@ public function test_html_description_with_DESCRIPTION_HTML_set()
     public function test_rss_item_default_title()
     {
         $mp = new MyPodcast();
-        $item = new RSS_Item();
+        $item = $this->newRSSItem();
         $mp->addRssItem($item);
 
         $content = $mp->generate();
         $data = simplexml_load_string($content, 'SimpleXMLElement', LIBXML_NOCDATA);
 
-        $this->assertEquals('(untitled)', $data->channel->item[0]->title);
+        $this->assertEquals($this->getDefaultTitle(), $data->channel->item[0]->title);
     }
 
     public function test_adds_image_to_item_if_set()
     {
         $mp = new MyPodcast();
-        $item = new RSS_Item();
+        $item = $this->newRSSItem();
         $item->setImage('visuals.jpg'); 
         $mp->addRssItem($item);