diff --git a/ui/src/api/client.ts b/ui/src/api/client.ts
index 9da616a..1a34212 100644
--- a/ui/src/api/client.ts
+++ b/ui/src/api/client.ts
@@ -112,14 +112,17 @@ export async function fetchReadme(source: Source, host: string, repo: string): P
     return resp.text();
   }
   if (source === 'gitea') {
-    // Gitea returns JSON with base64-encoded content
-    const resp = await fetch(`https://${host}/api/v1/repos/${repo}/contents/README.md`);
-    if (!resp.ok) return null;
-    const data = await resp.json();
-    if (data.encoding === 'base64' && data.content) {
-      return atob(data.content);
+    // Gitea returns JSON with base64-encoded content. Try common casings.
+    for (const name of ['README.md', 'readme.md', 'Readme.md']) {
+      const resp = await fetch(`https://${host}/api/v1/repos/${repo}/contents/${name}`);
+      if (!resp.ok) continue;
+      const data = await resp.json();
+      if (data.encoding === 'base64' && data.content) {
+        return atob(data.content);
+      }
+      if (data.content) return data.content;
     }
-    return data.content ?? null;
+    return null;
   }
   return null;
 }