diff --git a/public/index.css b/public/index.css
index f138cf39e..392222e30 100644
--- a/public/index.css
+++ b/public/index.css
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ input.wide {
 }
 .error-message {
 	background-color: var(--color-negative-background);
+	word-wrap: break-word;
+	text-overflow: ellipsis;
+	overflow-x: hidden;
 	padding: 1rem;
 }
 .highlight {
diff --git a/src/base/projects/Browser.svelte b/src/base/projects/Browser.svelte
index 90e118507..4432b038b 100644
--- a/src/base/projects/Browser.svelte
+++ b/src/base/projects/Browser.svelte
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@
     overflow-x: auto;
   }
 
-  .error-message {
+  .file-not-found {
     text-align: center;
-    padding-bottom: 2rem;
     border-radius: 0.25rem;
+    padding-bottom: 2rem;
   }
-  .error-message header {
+  .file-not-found header {
     padding: 1rem 0;
     font-weight: bold;
   }
-  .error-message .icon {
+  .file-not-found .icon {
     font-size: 1.5rem;
     margin-bottom: 1rem;
   }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
       </div>
     </header>
     <div class="container center-content">
-      {#if commit}
+      {#if tree.entries.length}
         <div class="column-left">
           <div class="source-tree">
             <Tree {tree} {path} {fetchTree} on:select={onSelect} />
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
               <!-- Project has no README -->
             {/if}
           {:catch}
-            <div class="error error-message">
+            <div class="error error-message file-not-found">
               <header>
                 <div class="icon">🍂</div>
                 <div><code>{path}</code></div>