diff --git a/internal/git/git.go b/internal/git/git.go
index 1e2b61021b8d996dada55072def58a9b4c481fcc..f7188c551ca3da69aafae773506b4a533dff345c 100644
--- a/internal/git/git.go
+++ b/internal/git/git.go
@@ -274,7 +274,9 @@ func (rs *RepoSource) loadRepo(name string, rg *git.Repository) (*Repo, error) {
 	}
 	r.head = ref
 	rm, err := r.LatestFile("README.md")
-	if err != nil {
+	if err == object.ErrFileNotFound {
+		rm = ""
+	} else if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	r.Readme = rm