diff --git a/src/constants.rs b/src/constants.rs
index e72019174..e055dc73d 100644
--- a/src/constants.rs
+++ b/src/constants.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 use num_traits::{FromPrimitive, ToPrimitive};
 use rusqlite as sql;
 use rusqlite::types::*;
-use std::fmt;
 
 pub const DC_VERSION_STR: &'static [u8; 14] = b"1.0.0-alpha.3\x00";
 
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ pub const DC_LP_IMAP_SOCKET_FLAGS: usize =
 pub const DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_FLAGS: usize =
     (DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_STARTTLS | DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_SSL | DC_LP_SMTP_SOCKET_PLAIN);
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, FromPrimitive, ToPrimitive)]
+#[derive(Debug, Display, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, FromPrimitive, ToPrimitive)]
 #[repr(i32)]
 pub enum Viewtype {
     Unknown = 0,
@@ -192,6 +191,16 @@ pub enum Viewtype {
     File = 60,
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn derive_display_works_as_expected() {
+        assert_eq!(format!("{}", Viewtype::Audio), "Audio");
+    }
+}
+
 impl ToSql for Viewtype {
     fn to_sql(&self) -> sql::Result<ToSqlOutput> {
         let num: i64 = self
@@ -209,17 +218,6 @@ impl FromSql for Viewtype {
     }
 }
 
-impl fmt::Display for Viewtype {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(
-            f,
-            "{}",
-            self.to_i64()
-                .expect("impossible: Viewtype -> i64 conversion failed")
-        )
-    }
-}
-
 // These constants are used as events
 // reported to the callback given to dc_context_new().
 // If you do not want to handle an event, it is always safe to return 0,
diff --git a/src/dc_msg.rs b/src/dc_msg.rs
index 150d389ef..66e404680 100644
--- a/src/dc_msg.rs
+++ b/src/dc_msg.rs
@@ -179,15 +179,7 @@ pub unsafe fn dc_get_msg_info(context: &Context, msg_id: u32) -> *mut libc::c_ch
 
     if (*msg).type_0 != Viewtype::Text {
         ret += "Type: ";
-        match (*msg).type_0 {
-            Viewtype::Audio => ret += "Audio",
-            Viewtype::File => ret += "File",
-            Viewtype::Gif => ret += "GIF",
-            Viewtype::Image => ret += "Image",
-            Viewtype::Video => ret += "Video",
-            Viewtype::Voice => ret += "Voice",
-            _ => ret += &format!("{}", (*msg).type_0),
-        }
+        ret += &format!("{}", (*msg).type_0);
         ret += "\n";
         p = dc_msg_get_filemime(msg);
         ret += &format!("Mimetype: {}\n", as_str(p));
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index bf361ae0d..f735de035 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ extern crate num_derive;
 extern crate smallvec;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate rusqlite;
+extern crate strum;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate strum_macros;
 
 #[macro_use]
 mod log;