diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 54d6ac520..4a356cbc7 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -380,7 +380,13 @@ class Project < ApplicationRecord
 
     user = Owner.find_by_login namespace_path
     user = User.new(login: namespace_path) if user.nil?
-    project = user&.projects&.find_by(identifier: identifier) || Project.find_by(identifier: "#{namespace_path}/#{identifier}")
+    if identifier.end_with?('.json')
+      project = user&.projects&.find_by(identifier: identifier) || Project.find_by(identifier: "#{namespace_path}/#{identifier}")
+      identifier = identifier.sub(/.*\K.json/, '')
+      project = user&.projects&.find_by(identifier: identifier) || Project.find_by(identifier: "#{namespace_path}/#{identifier}")
+    else 
+      project = user&.projects&.find_by(identifier: identifier) || Project.find_by(identifier: "#{namespace_path}/#{identifier}")
+    end
     return nil if project.blank?
 
     [project, user]