1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index dc1c2e4..ae20257 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ static int prepare_repo_cmd(struct cgit_context *ctx)
         if (get_sha1(ctx->qry.head, sha1)) {
                 tmp = xstrdup(ctx->qry.head);
                 ctx->qry.head = ctx->repo->defbranch;
+                ctx->page.status = 404;
+                ctx->page.statusmsg = "not found";
                 cgit_print_http_headers(ctx);
                 cgit_print_docstart(ctx);
                 cgit_print_pageheader(ctx);