diff --git a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
index 5ebc00b3f..e83bd0e79 100644
--- a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ class RepositoriesController < ApplicationController
     else
       @contributors = Gitea::Repository::Contributors::GetService.call(@owner, @repository.identifier)
     end
+  rescue
+    @contributors = []
   end
 
   def edit