diff --git a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
index c98174777..0ca5a5071 100644
--- a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ module RepositoriesHelper
     file_path = readme_path.include?('/') ? readme_path.gsub("/#{readme_name}", '') : readme_path.gsub("#{readme_name}", '')
     return nil if str.blank?
     content = Base64.decode64(str).force_encoding('UTF-8')
-    s_regex = /\[.*?\]\((.*?)\)/
-    src_regex = /src=\"(.*?)\"/
+    s_regex = /\s\[.*?\]\((.*?)\)\s/
+    src_regex = /\ssrc=\"(.*?)\"\s/
     ss = content.to_s.scan(s_regex)
     ss_src = content.to_s.scan(src_regex)
     total_sources = ss + ss_src
diff --git a/app/views/repositories/_simple_entry.json.jbuilder b/app/views/repositories/_simple_entry.json.jbuilder
index 339214cc4..42342f07b 100644
--- a/app/views/repositories/_simple_entry.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/repositories/_simple_entry.json.jbuilder
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ if @project.forge?
   is_dir = @sub_entries.is_a?(Array)
   file_name = entry['name']
   file_type = file_name.starts_with?('.') ? file_name[1..-1] : File.extname(file_name.to_s)[1..-1]
-  direct_download = ["makefile","dockerfile"].exclude?(file_name.to_s.downcase) && download_type(file_type)
+  direct_download = %w(makefile dockerfile readme).exclude?(file_name.to_s.downcase) && download_type(file_type)
   image_type = image_type?(file_type)
   json.name file_name
   json.sha entry['sha']