diff --git a/giterated-daemon/src/backend/git.rs b/giterated-daemon/src/backend/git.rs
index 9620cf6..b5ff7c8 100644
--- a/giterated-daemon/src/backend/git.rs
+++ b/giterated-daemon/src/backend/git.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use anyhow::Error;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 
+use git2::BranchType;
 use giterated_models::instance::{Instance, RepositoryCreateRequest};
 
 use giterated_models::repository::{
@@ -572,10 +573,17 @@ impl RepositoryBackend for GitBackend {
             }
         };
 
-        // If the reference wasn't found, try parsing it as a commit ID and otherwise return error
+        // If the reference wasn't found, try parsing it as a commit ID
         if tree_id.is_none() {
-            match git2::Oid::from_str(request.rev.as_ref().unwrap()) {
-                Ok(oid) => tree_id = Some(oid),
+            if let Ok(oid) = git2::Oid::from_str(request.rev.as_ref().unwrap()) {
+                tree_id = Some(oid)
+            }
+        }
+
+        // If the commit ID wasn't found, try parsing it as a branch and otherwise return error
+        if tree_id.is_none() {
+            match git.find_branch(request.rev.as_ref().unwrap(), BranchType::Local) {
+                Ok(branch) => tree_id = branch.get().target(),
                 Err(_) => {
                     return Err(Box::new(GitBackendError::RefNotFound(
                         request.rev.clone().unwrap(),