diff --git a/server/handler.go b/server/handler.go
index e7652dd..0aa5f3a 100644
--- a/server/handler.go
+++ b/server/handler.go
@@ -110,29 +110,7 @@ func Handler(mainDomainSuffix, rawDomain []byte,
 			return true
 		}
 
-		// tryUpstream forwards the target request to the Gitea API, and shows an error page on failure.
-		var tryUpstream = func() {
-			// check if a canonical domain exists on a request on MainDomain
-			if bytes.HasSuffix(trimmedHost, mainDomainSuffix) {
-				canonicalDomain, _ := upstream.CheckCanonicalDomain(targetOwner, targetRepo, targetBranch, "", string(mainDomainSuffix), giteaRoot, giteaApiToken, canonicalDomainCache)
-				if !strings.HasSuffix(strings.SplitN(canonicalDomain, "/", 2)[0], string(mainDomainSuffix)) {
-					canonicalPath := string(ctx.RequestURI())
-					if targetRepo != "pages" {
-						canonicalPath = "/" + strings.SplitN(canonicalPath, "/", 3)[2]
-					}
-					ctx.Redirect("https://"+canonicalDomain+canonicalPath, fasthttp.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
-					return
-				}
-			}
-
-			// Try to request the file from the Gitea API
-			if !targetOptions.Upstream(ctx, targetOwner, targetRepo, targetBranch, targetPath, giteaRoot, giteaApiToken, branchTimestampCache, fileResponseCache) {
-				html.ReturnErrorPage(ctx, ctx.Response.StatusCode())
-			}
-		}
-
 		log.Debug().Msg("preparations")
-
 		if rawDomain != nil && bytes.Equal(trimmedHost, rawDomain) {
 			// Serve raw content from RawDomain
 			log.Debug().Msg("raw domain")
@@ -157,7 +135,10 @@ func Handler(mainDomainSuffix, rawDomain []byte,
 					giteaRoot+"/"+targetOwner+"/"+targetRepo+"/src/branch/%b/%p",
 				) {
 					log.Debug().Msg("tryBranch, now trying upstream")
-					tryUpstream()
+					tryUpstream(ctx, mainDomainSuffix, trimmedHost,
+						targetOptions, targetOwner, targetRepo, targetBranch, targetPath,
+						giteaRoot, giteaApiToken,
+						canonicalDomainCache, branchTimestampCache, fileResponseCache)
 					return
 				}
 				log.Debug().Msg("missing branch")
@@ -169,7 +150,10 @@ func Handler(mainDomainSuffix, rawDomain []byte,
 					giteaRoot+"/"+targetOwner+"/"+targetRepo+"/src/branch/%b/%p",
 				)
 				log.Debug().Msg("tryBranch, now trying upstream")
-				tryUpstream()
+				tryUpstream(ctx, mainDomainSuffix, trimmedHost,
+					targetOptions, targetOwner, targetRepo, targetBranch, targetPath,
+					giteaRoot, giteaApiToken,
+					canonicalDomainCache, branchTimestampCache, fileResponseCache)
 				return
 			}
 
@@ -202,7 +186,10 @@ func Handler(mainDomainSuffix, rawDomain []byte,
 					"/"+pathElements[0]+"/%p",
 				) {
 					log.Debug().Msg("tryBranch, now trying upstream")
-					tryUpstream()
+					tryUpstream(ctx, mainDomainSuffix, trimmedHost,
+						targetOptions, targetOwner, targetRepo, targetBranch, targetPath,
+						giteaRoot, giteaApiToken,
+						canonicalDomainCache, branchTimestampCache, fileResponseCache)
 				} else {
 					html.ReturnErrorPage(ctx, fasthttp.StatusFailedDependency)
 				}
@@ -215,7 +202,10 @@ func Handler(mainDomainSuffix, rawDomain []byte,
 				log.Debug().Msg("main domain preparations, now trying with specified branch")
 				if tryBranch("pages", pathElements[0][1:], pathElements[1:], "/%p") {
 					log.Debug().Msg("tryBranch, now trying upstream")
-					tryUpstream()
+					tryUpstream(ctx, mainDomainSuffix, trimmedHost,
+						targetOptions, targetOwner, targetRepo, targetBranch, targetPath,
+						giteaRoot, giteaApiToken,
+						canonicalDomainCache, branchTimestampCache, fileResponseCache)
 				} else {
 					html.ReturnErrorPage(ctx, fasthttp.StatusFailedDependency)
 				}
@@ -228,7 +218,10 @@ func Handler(mainDomainSuffix, rawDomain []byte,
 			log.Debug().Msg("main domain preparations, now trying with specified repo")
 			if pathElements[0] != "pages" && tryBranch(pathElements[0], "pages", pathElements[1:], "") {
 				log.Debug().Msg("tryBranch, now trying upstream")
-				tryUpstream()
+				tryUpstream(ctx, mainDomainSuffix, trimmedHost,
+					targetOptions, targetOwner, targetRepo, targetBranch, targetPath,
+					giteaRoot, giteaApiToken,
+					canonicalDomainCache, branchTimestampCache, fileResponseCache)
 				return
 			}
 
@@ -237,7 +230,10 @@ func Handler(mainDomainSuffix, rawDomain []byte,
 			log.Debug().Msg("main domain preparations, now trying with default repo/branch")
 			if tryBranch("pages", "", pathElements, "") {
 				log.Debug().Msg("tryBranch, now trying upstream")
-				tryUpstream()
+				tryUpstream(ctx, mainDomainSuffix, trimmedHost,
+					targetOptions, targetOwner, targetRepo, targetBranch, targetPath,
+					giteaRoot, giteaApiToken,
+					canonicalDomainCache, branchTimestampCache, fileResponseCache)
 				return
 			}
 
@@ -282,7 +278,10 @@ func Handler(mainDomainSuffix, rawDomain []byte,
 				}
 
 				log.Debug().Msg("tryBranch, now trying upstream")
-				tryUpstream()
+				tryUpstream(ctx, mainDomainSuffix, trimmedHost,
+					targetOptions, targetOwner, targetRepo, targetBranch, targetPath,
+					giteaRoot, giteaApiToken,
+					canonicalDomainCache, branchTimestampCache, fileResponseCache)
 				return
 			} else {
 				html.ReturnErrorPage(ctx, fasthttp.StatusFailedDependency)
diff --git a/server/try.go b/server/try.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0636ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/try.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
+
+	"codeberg.org/codeberg/pages/html"
+	"codeberg.org/codeberg/pages/server/cache"
+	"codeberg.org/codeberg/pages/server/upstream"
+)
+
+// tryUpstream forwards the target request to the Gitea API, and shows an error page on failure.
+func tryUpstream(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx,
+	mainDomainSuffix, trimmedHost []byte,
+
+	targetOptions *upstream.Options,
+	targetOwner, targetRepo, targetBranch, targetPath,
+
+	giteaRoot, giteaAPIToken string,
+	canonicalDomainCache, branchTimestampCache, fileResponseCache cache.SetGetKey) {
+	// check if a canonical domain exists on a request on MainDomain
+	if bytes.HasSuffix(trimmedHost, mainDomainSuffix) {
+		canonicalDomain, _ := upstream.CheckCanonicalDomain(targetOwner, targetRepo, targetBranch, "", string(mainDomainSuffix), giteaRoot, giteaAPIToken, canonicalDomainCache)
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(strings.SplitN(canonicalDomain, "/", 2)[0], string(mainDomainSuffix)) {
+			canonicalPath := string(ctx.RequestURI())
+			if targetRepo != "pages" {
+				canonicalPath = "/" + strings.SplitN(canonicalPath, "/", 3)[2]
+			}
+			ctx.Redirect("https://"+canonicalDomain+canonicalPath, fasthttp.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Try to request the file from the Gitea API
+	if !targetOptions.Upstream(ctx, targetOwner, targetRepo, targetBranch, targetPath, giteaRoot, giteaAPIToken, branchTimestampCache, fileResponseCache) {
+		html.ReturnErrorPage(ctx, ctx.Response.StatusCode())
+	}
+}