diff --git a/server/gitea/client.go b/server/gitea/client.go
index 01d3f9e..ce78550 100644
--- a/server/gitea/client.go
+++ b/server/gitea/client.go
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"mime"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -41,6 +43,9 @@ type Client struct {
 
 	followSymlinks bool
 	supportLFS     bool
+
+	forbiddenMimeTypes map[string]bool
+	defaultMimeType    string
 }
 
 func NewClient(giteaRoot, giteaAPIToken string, respCache cache.SetGetKey, followSymlinks, supportLFS bool) (*Client, error) {
@@ -52,12 +57,29 @@ func NewClient(giteaRoot, giteaAPIToken string, respCache cache.SetGetKey, follo
 
 	stdClient := http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
 
+	// TODO: pass down
+	var (
+		forbiddenMimeTypes map[string]bool
+		defaultMimeType    string
+	)
+
+	if forbiddenMimeTypes == nil {
+		forbiddenMimeTypes = make(map[string]bool)
+	}
+	if defaultMimeType == "" {
+		defaultMimeType = "application/octet-stream"
+	}
+
 	sdk, err := gitea.NewClient(giteaRoot, gitea.SetHTTPClient(&stdClient), gitea.SetToken(giteaAPIToken))
 	return &Client{
-		sdkClient:      sdk,
-		responseCache:  respCache,
+		sdkClient:     sdk,
+		responseCache: respCache,
+
 		followSymlinks: followSymlinks,
 		supportLFS:     supportLFS,
+
+		forbiddenMimeTypes: forbiddenMimeTypes,
+		defaultMimeType:    defaultMimeType,
 	}, err
 }
 
@@ -127,6 +149,10 @@ func (client *Client) ServeRawContent(targetOwner, targetRepo, ref, resource str
 
 			// now we are sure it's content
 			{
+				// Set the MIME type
+				mimeType := client.getMimeTypeByExtension(resource)
+				resp.Response.Header.Set(contentTypeHeader, mimeType)
+
 				contentLeng, err2 := strconv.ParseInt(resp.Header.Get(contentLengthHeader), 20, 64)
 				if err2 != nil {
 					log.Error().Err(err2).Msg("could not parse content length")
@@ -140,7 +166,7 @@ func (client *Client) ServeRawContent(targetOwner, targetRepo, ref, resource str
 
 				// TODO: at the sime time !!!
 				/*
-					we need a "go"
+					we create a new type that implement an writer witch write to cache based on key etc ...
 					// TODO: cache is half-empty if request is cancelled - does the ctx.Err() below do the trick?
 					// 		err = res.BodyWriteTo(io.MultiWriter(ctx.Response().BodyWriter(), &cacheBodyWriter))
 				*/
@@ -149,7 +175,7 @@ func (client *Client) ServeRawContent(targetOwner, targetRepo, ref, resource str
 					if err := client.responseCache.Set(cacheKey, FileResponse{
 						Exists:   true,
 						ETag:     resp.Header.Get(eTagHeader),
-						MimeType: resp.Header.Get(contentTypeHeader),
+						MimeType: mimeType,
 						Body:     body,
 					}, fileCacheTimeout); err != nil {
 						log.Error().Err(err).Msg("could not save content in cache")
@@ -224,3 +250,12 @@ func (client *Client) GiteaGetRepoDefaultBranch(repoOwner, repoName string) (str
 	}
 	return branch, nil
 }
+
+func (client *Client) getMimeTypeByExtension(resource string) string {
+	mimeType := mime.TypeByExtension(path.Ext(resource))
+	mimeTypeSplit := strings.SplitN(mimeType, ";", 2)
+	if client.forbiddenMimeTypes[mimeTypeSplit[0]] || mimeType == "" {
+		mimeType = client.defaultMimeType
+	}
+	return mimeType
+}
diff --git a/server/handler.go b/server/handler.go
index c9ade2c..bd519d0 100644
--- a/server/handler.go
+++ b/server/handler.go
@@ -134,11 +134,7 @@ func Handler(mainDomainSuffix, rawDomain string,
 			log.Debug().Msg("raw domain")
 
 			targetOptions.TryIndexPages = false
-			if targetOptions.ForbiddenMimeTypes == nil {
-				targetOptions.ForbiddenMimeTypes = make(map[string]bool)
-			}
-			targetOptions.ForbiddenMimeTypes["text/html"] = true
-			targetOptions.DefaultMimeType = "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
+			targetOptions.ServeRaw = true
 
 			pathElements := strings.Split(strings.Trim(ctx.Path(), "/"), "/")
 			if len(pathElements) < 2 {
diff --git a/server/upstream/helper.go b/server/upstream/helper.go
index fecb2bd..82393a4 100644
--- a/server/upstream/helper.go
+++ b/server/upstream/helper.go
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 package upstream
 
 import (
-	"mime"
-	"path"
-	"strings"
-
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 
 	"codeberg.org/codeberg/pages/server/gitea"
@@ -34,23 +30,3 @@ func GetBranchTimestamp(giteaClient *gitea.Client, owner, repo, branch string) *
 	log.Debug().Msgf("Succesfully fetched latest commit's timestamp from branch: %#v", timestamp)
 	return timestamp
 }
-
-func (o *Options) getMimeTypeByExtension() string {
-	if o.ForbiddenMimeTypes == nil {
-		o.ForbiddenMimeTypes = make(map[string]bool)
-	}
-	mimeType := mime.TypeByExtension(path.Ext(o.TargetPath))
-	mimeTypeSplit := strings.SplitN(mimeType, ";", 2)
-	if o.ForbiddenMimeTypes[mimeTypeSplit[0]] || mimeType == "" {
-		if o.DefaultMimeType != "" {
-			mimeType = o.DefaultMimeType
-		} else {
-			mimeType = "application/octet-stream"
-		}
-	}
-	return mimeType
-}
-
-func (o *Options) generateUriClientArgs() (targetOwner, targetRepo, ref, resource string) {
-	return o.TargetOwner, o.TargetRepo, o.TargetBranch, o.TargetPath
-}
diff --git a/server/upstream/upstream.go b/server/upstream/upstream.go
index 09d2d63..6796588 100644
--- a/server/upstream/upstream.go
+++ b/server/upstream/upstream.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ const (
 	headerETag            = "ETag"
 	headerLastModified    = "Last-Modified"
 	headerIfModifiedSince = "If-Modified-Since"
+
+	rawMime = "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
 )
 
 // upstreamIndexPages lists pages that may be considered as index pages for directories.
@@ -41,13 +43,13 @@ type Options struct {
 	// Used for debugging purposes.
 	Host string
 
-	DefaultMimeType    string
-	ForbiddenMimeTypes map[string]bool
-	TryIndexPages      bool
-	BranchTimestamp    time.Time
+	TryIndexPages   bool
+	BranchTimestamp time.Time
 	// internal
 	appendTrailingSlash bool
 	redirectIfExists    string
+
+	ServeRaw bool
 }
 
 // Upstream requests a file from the Gitea API at GiteaRoot and writes it to the request context.
@@ -80,7 +82,10 @@ func (o *Options) Upstream(ctx *context.Context, giteaClient *gitea.Client) (fin
 	}
 	log.Debug().Msg("preparations")
 
-	reader, res, err := giteaClient.ServeRawContent(o.generateUriClientArgs())
+	reader, res, err := giteaClient.ServeRawContent(o.TargetOwner, o.TargetRepo, o.TargetBranch, o.TargetPath)
+	if reader != nil {
+		defer reader.Close()
+	}
 	log.Debug().Msg("acquisition")
 
 	// Handle errors
@@ -142,13 +147,14 @@ func (o *Options) Upstream(ctx *context.Context, giteaClient *gitea.Client) (fin
 	}
 	log.Debug().Msg("error handling")
 
-	// Set the MIME type
-	mimeType := o.getMimeTypeByExtension()
-	ctx.Response().Header.Set(headerContentType, mimeType)
-
-	// Set ETag
+	// Set ETag & MIME
 	if res != nil {
 		ctx.Response().Header.Set(headerETag, res.Header.Get(headerETag))
+		if o.ServeRaw {
+			ctx.Response().Header.Set(headerContentType, res.Header.Get(headerContentType))
+		} else {
+			ctx.Response().Header.Set(headerContentType, rawMime)
+		}
 	}
 
 	if ctx.Response().StatusCode != http.StatusNotFound {