diff --git a/giterated-daemon/src/backend/git.rs b/giterated-daemon/src/backend/git.rs
index 20d24bd..e6f18a8 100644
--- a/giterated-daemon/src/backend/git.rs
+++ b/giterated-daemon/src/backend/git.rs
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ impl GitBackend {
     pub fn get_oid_from_reference(
         git: &git2::Repository,
         rev: Option<&str>,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<git2::Oid> {
+    ) -> Result<git2::Oid, GitBackendError> {
         // If the rev is None try and get the repository head
         let Some(rev) = rev else {
             if let Ok(head) = git.head() {
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ impl GitBackend {
                 return Ok(head.target().unwrap());
             } else {
                 // Nothing in database, render empty tree.
-                return Err(GitBackendError::HeadNotFound.into());
+                return Err(GitBackendError::HeadNotFound);
             }
         };
 
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ impl GitBackend {
         } else if let Ok(object) = git.revparse_single(rev) {
             Ok(object.id())
         } else {
-            Err(Box::new(GitBackendError::RefNotFound(rev.to_string())).into())
+            Err(GitBackendError::RefNotFound(rev.to_string()))
         }
     }
 
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ impl RepositoryBackend for GitBackend {
         }
     }
 
+    /// If the OID can't be found because there's no repository head, this will return an empty `Vec`.
     async fn repository_file_inspect(
         &mut self,
         requester: &Option<AuthenticatedUser>,
@@ -513,7 +514,11 @@ impl RepositoryBackend for GitBackend {
             .await?;
 
         // Try and find the tree_id/branch
-        let tree_id = Self::get_oid_from_reference(&git, request.rev.as_deref())?;
+        let tree_id = match Self::get_oid_from_reference(&git, request.rev.as_deref()) {
+            Ok(oid) => oid,
+            Err(GitBackendError::HeadNotFound) => return Ok(vec![]),
+            Err(err) => return Err(err.into()),
+        };
 
         // Get the commit from the oid
         let commit = match git.find_commit(tree_id) {
@@ -730,6 +735,7 @@ impl RepositoryBackend for GitBackend {
         Ok(commit)
     }
 
+    /// Returns zero for all statistics if an OID wasn't found
     async fn repository_get_statistics(
         &mut self,
         requester: &Option<AuthenticatedUser>,
@@ -740,7 +746,10 @@ impl RepositoryBackend for GitBackend {
             .open_repository_and_check_permissions(&repository.owner, &repository.name, requester)
             .await?;
 
-        let tree_id = Self::get_oid_from_reference(&git, request.rev.as_deref())?;
+        let tree_id = match Self::get_oid_from_reference(&git, request.rev.as_deref()) {
+            Ok(oid) => oid,
+            Err(_) => return Ok(RepositoryStatistics::default()),
+        };
 
         // Count the amount of branches and tags
         let mut branches = 0;
diff --git a/giterated-models/src/repository/mod.rs b/giterated-models/src/repository/mod.rs
index 6ab085f..5aee7bb 100644
--- a/giterated-models/src/repository/mod.rs
+++ b/giterated-models/src/repository/mod.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ pub struct RepositoryView {
 }
 
 /// Generic repository statistics
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
 pub struct RepositoryStatistics {
     /// Amount of commits made to this branch in the repository
     pub commits: usize,