diff --git a/src/Project.zig b/src/Project.zig
index 12b1d60..b254dcb 100644
--- a/src/Project.zig
+++ b/src/Project.zig
@@ -2605,5 +2605,6 @@ pub fn process_git_response(self: *Self, parent: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) (Out
     } else if (try m.match(.{ tp.any, tp.extract(&context), "cat_file", tp.null_ })) {
         const request: *VcsContentRequest = @ptrFromInt(context);
         defer request.deinit();
+        parent.send(.{ "PRJ", "vcs_content", request.file_path, request.vcs_id, null }) catch {};
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tui/mainview.zig b/src/tui/mainview.zig
index cd3dc44..8398f70 100644
--- a/src/tui/mainview.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mainview.zig
@@ -1976,6 +1976,8 @@ pub fn vcs_content_update(self: *Self, m: tp.message) void {
     if (m.match(.{ "PRJ", "vcs_content", tp.extract(&file_path), tp.extract(&vcs_id), tp.extract(&content) }) catch return) {
         const buffer = self.buffer_manager.get_buffer_for_file(file_path) orelse return;
         buffer.set_vcs_content(vcs_id, content) catch {};
+    } else if (m.match(.{ "PRJ", "vcs_content", tp.extract(&file_path), tp.extract(&vcs_id), tp.null_ }) catch return) {
+        const buffer = self.buffer_manager.get_buffer_for_file(file_path) orelse return;
         if (self.get_editor_for_buffer(buffer)) |editor|
             editor.vcs_content_update() catch {};
     }