diff --git a/assets/templates/default.html b/assets/templates/default.html
index c5e07e8..30999b2 100644
--- a/assets/templates/default.html
+++ b/assets/templates/default.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 <body>
 <h1>git.example.com</h1>
 <h2>{{ repository_name }}</h2>
-<p>clone url: git://git.example.com/{{ repository_name }}</p>
+<p>clone url: git://git.example.com/{{ repository_path }}</p>
 <nav>
     {% if readme_file %}
         <a href="{{ relative_root }}{{ readme_file }}.html">about</a>
diff --git a/main.scm b/main.scm
index dc855ce..95ef505 100755
--- a/main.scm
+++ b/main.scm
@@ -291,7 +291,17 @@
             ;; the repository name, which we detect from the output directory
             ;; name. TODO: more heuristics if this doesn't work well
             (repository_name
-             . ,(pathname-strip-directory (string-chomp html-repo-path "/")))
+             . ,(->
+                 html-repo-path
+                 (string-chomp "/")
+                 (string-chomp ".git")
+                 (pathname-strip-directory)))
+            ;; the path from the URL root to the repository
+            (repository_path
+             . ,(->
+                 html-repo-path
+                 (string-chomp "/")
+                 (pathname-strip-directory)))
             ;; the first README file found, if any.
             (readme_file
              . ,(find (cut member <> source-files-list)
