diff --git a/hgweb/command-runner.sh b/hgweb/command-runner.sh
index e99342567..f94015b03 100644
--- a/hgweb/command-runner.sh
+++ b/hgweb/command-runner.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ echo ""
 # Run the hg command, simply output to stdout
 first_char=$(echo $project_code | cut -c1)
 # Ensure NFS cache is refreshed in case project repo changed in another pod (e.g., project reset)
-ls /var/hg/repos/$first_char/$project_code >/dev/null 2>/dev/null  # Don't need output; this is enough to refresh NFS dir cache
+ls /var/hg/repos/$first_char/$project_code/.hg >/dev/null 2>/dev/null  # Don't need output; this is enough to refresh NFS dir cache
 # Sometimes invalidatedircache is called after deleting a project, so the cd would fail. So exit fast in that case.
 [ "x$command_name" = "xinvalidatedircache" ] && exit 0
 cd /var/hg/repos/$first_char/$project_code