diff --git a/src/repo.rs b/src/repo.rs
index 6ddba76..0debecd 100644
--- a/src/repo.rs
+++ b/src/repo.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 //! Utility functions for accessing a [`Repository`].
 
-use gix::{ObjectId, Repository};
+use gix::{actor::IdentityRef, Commit};
 
 use crate::somehow;
 
-pub fn short_commit(repo: &Repository, hash: &str) -> somehow::Result<String> {
-    let hash = hash.parse::<ObjectId>()?;
-    let commit = repo.find_object(hash)?.try_into_commit()?;
+pub fn format_actor(author: IdentityRef<'_>) -> somehow::Result<String> {
+    let mut buffer = vec![];
+    author.write_to(&mut buffer)?;
+    Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&buffer).to_string())
+}
 
-    let id = commit.short_id()?;
+pub fn format_commit_short(commit: &Commit<'_>) -> somehow::Result<String> {
+    let id = commit.id().shorten_or_id();
     let summary = commit.message()?.summary();
     Ok(format!("{id} ({summary})"))
 }
diff --git a/src/web/index.rs b/src/web/index.rs
index a80a825..0558016 100644
--- a/src/web/index.rs
+++ b/src/web/index.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use askama::Template;
 use axum::{extract::State, response::IntoResponse};
-use gix::ThreadSafeRepository;
+use gix::{prelude::ObjectIdExt, ObjectId, ThreadSafeRepository};
 use sqlx::SqlitePool;
 
 use crate::{config::Config, repo, somehow};
@@ -35,10 +35,14 @@ pub async fn get(
 
     let mut refs = vec![];
     for row in rows {
-        let name = row.name;
-        let hash = row.hash;
-        let short = repo::short_commit(&repo, &hash)?;
-        refs.push(Ref { name, hash, short });
+        let id = row.hash.parse::<ObjectId>()?.attach(&repo);
+        let commit = id.object()?.try_into_commit()?;
+
+        refs.push(Ref {
+            name: row.name,
+            hash: row.hash,
+            short: repo::format_commit_short(&commit)?,
+        });
     }
 
     Ok(IndexTemplate {