diff --git a/server/handler/handler.go b/server/handler/handler.go
index b42751e..1a0a285 100644
--- a/server/handler/handler.go
+++ b/server/handler/handler.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 const (
 	headerAccessControlAllowOrigin  = "Access-Control-Allow-Origin"
 	headerAccessControlAllowMethods = "Access-Control-Allow-Methods"
+	defaultPagesRepo                = "pages"
+	defaultPagesBranch              = "pages"
 )
 
 // Handler handles a single HTTP request to the web server.
diff --git a/server/handler/handler_sub_domain.go b/server/handler/handler_sub_domain.go
index 59d1bbc..73177b6 100644
--- a/server/handler/handler_sub_domain.go
+++ b/server/handler/handler_sub_domain.go
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"codeberg.org/codeberg/pages/server/upstream"
 )
 
-const defaultPagesRepo = "pages"
-const defaultPagesBranch = "pages"
-
 func handleSubDomain(log zerolog.Logger, ctx *context.Context, giteaClient *gitea.Client,
 	mainDomainSuffix string,
 	trimmedHost string,
diff --git a/server/handler/try.go b/server/handler/try.go
index b9adb7b..bae3c44 100644
--- a/server/handler/try.go
+++ b/server/handler/try.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func tryUpstream(ctx *context.Context, giteaClient *gitea.Client,
 		canonicalDomain, _ := options.CheckCanonicalDomain(giteaClient, "", string(mainDomainSuffix), canonicalDomainCache)
 		if !strings.HasSuffix(strings.SplitN(canonicalDomain, "/", 2)[0], string(mainDomainSuffix)) {
 			canonicalPath := ctx.Req.RequestURI
-			if options.TargetRepo != "pages" {
+			if options.TargetRepo != defaultPagesRepo {
 				path := strings.SplitN(canonicalPath, "/", 3)
 				if len(path) >= 3 {
 					canonicalPath = "/" + path[2]