diff --git a/files/cgitrc b/files/cgitrc
index cf1cc9f..75b8a23 100644
--- a/files/cgitrc
+++ b/files/cgitrc
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ max-stats=year
 #noheader=none
 noplainemail=1
 #owner-filter=none
-readme=README.md
+readme=:README.md
 remove-suffix=1
 #renamelimit=-1
 #repository-sort=name