1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/scan-tree.c b/scan-tree.c
index 6ba9193..b5b50f3 100644
--- a/scan-tree.c
+++ b/scan-tree.c
@@ -118,9 +118,11 @@ static void add_repo(const char *base, const char *path, repo_config_fn fn)
         if (!stat(p, &st))
                 readfile(p, &repo->desc, &size);
 
-        p = fmt("%s/README.html", path);
-        if (!stat(p, &st))
-                repo->readme = "README.html";
+        if (!repo->readme) {
+                p = fmt("%s/README.html", path);
+                if (!stat(p, &st))
+                        repo->readme = "README.html";
+        }
         if (ctx.cfg.section_from_path) {
                 n  = ctx.cfg.section_from_path;
                 if (n > 0) {