diff --git a/ui-refs.c b/ui-refs.c
index 7af6fed..20c91e3 100644
--- a/ui-refs.c
+++ b/ui-refs.c
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@
 
 	html("<table class='list nowrap'>");
 
-	if (ctx.qry.path && !strncmp(ctx.qry.path, "heads", 5))
+	if (ctx.qry.path && !prefixcmp(ctx.qry.path, "heads"))
 		cgit_print_branches(0);
-	else if (ctx.qry.path && !strncmp(ctx.qry.path, "tags", 4))
+	else if (ctx.qry.path && !prefixcmp(ctx.qry.path, "tags"))
 		cgit_print_tags(0);
 	else {
 		cgit_print_branches(0);