diff --git a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
index b357d40b3..c69241858 100644
--- a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module RepositoriesHelper
 
   def download_type(str)
     default_type = %w(xlsx xls ppt pptx pdf zip 7z rar exe pdb obj idb RData rdata doc docx mpp vsdx dot otf eot ttf woff woff2 mp4 mov wmv flv mpeg avi avchd webm mkv)
-    default_type.include?(str&.downcase)
+    default_type.include?(str&.downcase) || str.blank?
   end
 
   def image_type?(str)
diff --git a/app/views/repositories/_simple_entry.json.jbuilder b/app/views/repositories/_simple_entry.json.jbuilder
index 80a54d477..9d0998c82 100644
--- a/app/views/repositories/_simple_entry.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/repositories/_simple_entry.json.jbuilder
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if @project.forge?
   json.type entry['type']
   json.size entry['size']
 
-  json.content decode64_content(entry, @owner, @repository, @ref, @path)
+  json.content direct_download ? nil : decode64_content(entry, @owner, @repository, @ref, @path)
   json.target entry['target']
   
   download_url =