diff --git a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
index 8e3f496b..9ef44090 100644
--- a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
@@ -205,6 +205,17 @@ class RepositoriesController < ApplicationController
 
     redirect_to file_path
   end
+  
+  def raw 
+    domain  = Gitea.gitea_config[:domain]
+    api_url = Gitea.gitea_config[:base_url]
+
+    url = "/repos/#{@owner.login}/#{@repository.identifier}/raw/#{params[:filepath]}?ref=#{params[:ref]}"
+    file_path = [domain, api_url, url].join
+    file_path = [file_path, "access_token=#{current_user&.gitea_token}"].join("&") if @repository.hidden?
+
+    redirect_to file_path
+  end
 
   private
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
index 8af54219..cc4a3fe0 100644
--- a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ module ProjectsHelper
     [base_url, archive_repositories_path(owner&.login, repository, "#{archive}.tar.gz")].join
   end
 
+  def render_download_file_url(owner, repository, filepath, ref)
+    [base_url, "/api/#{owner&.login}/#{repository.identifier}/raw?filepath=#{filepath}&ref=#{ref}"].join
+  end
+
   def render_http_url(project)
     [gitea_domain, project.owner.login, "#{project.identifier}.git"].join('/')
   end
diff --git a/app/views/repositories/_simple_entry.json.jbuilder b/app/views/repositories/_simple_entry.json.jbuilder
index 6c208875..cc9bdc3a 100644
--- a/app/views/repositories/_simple_entry.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/repositories/_simple_entry.json.jbuilder
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ if @project.forge?
       dir_path = [@owner.login, @repository.identifier, "raw/branch", @ref].join('/')
       render_download_image_url(dir_path, entry['path'], decode64_content(entry, @owner, @repository, @ref))
     else
-      entry['download_url']
+      # entry['download_url']
+      render_download_file_url(@owner, @repository, entry['path'].to_s, @ref)
     end
   json.download_url download_url
 
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 346468fb..2b92e939 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
           get 'readme'
           get 'languages'
           get 'archive/:archive', to: 'repositories#archive', as: "archive", constraints: { archive: /.+/, format: /(zip|gzip)/ }
+          get 'raw', to: 'repositories#raw', as: "raw"
         end
       end