diff --git a/src/gitolite.pm b/src/gitolite.pm
index fbae91d..132bdbe 100644
--- a/src/gitolite.pm
+++ b/src/gitolite.pm
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ sub setup_gitweb_access
         system("git config --remove-section gitweb 2>/dev/null");
     }
 
-    return ($desc or can_read($repo, 'gitweb'));
+    return (can_read($repo, 'gitweb') or $desc);
         # this return value is used by the caller to write to projects.list
 }