diff --git a/api/http/git_file_handler.go b/api/http/git_file_handler.go
index 60c175c95cfd94cd6172b3000d4a069e1b3fd69e..eb26b5d121d608c00e99d8065bce8722769de620 100644
--- a/api/http/git_file_handler.go
+++ b/api/http/git_file_handler.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (gfh *gitFileHandler) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var err error
 
 	switch repoVar := vars["repo"]; repoVar {
-	case "":
+	case "", "_":
 		repo, err = gfh.mrc.DefaultRepo()
 	default:
 		repo, err = gfh.mrc.ResolveRepo(repoVar)
diff --git a/api/http/git_file_upload_handler.go b/api/http/git_file_upload_handler.go
index 9aa95def87dbff88786be1ee00a405f71f79bcf9..3f239fa5d6224f88167ef6a9145cd19e9ba84926 100644
--- a/api/http/git_file_upload_handler.go
+++ b/api/http/git_file_upload_handler.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (gufh *gitUploadFileHandler) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 
 	repoVar := mux.Vars(r)["repo"]
 	switch repoVar {
-	case "":
+	case "", "_":
 		repo, err = gufh.mrc.DefaultRepo()
 	default:
 		repo, err = gufh.mrc.ResolveRepo(repoVar)