diff --git a/hide b/hide
index 206044f..5f8ab2d 100755
--- a/hide
+++ b/hide
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ if [ ! -d "/srv/git/.public/$REPONAME" ]; then
 	exit
 fi
 
-rm "/srv/git/.public/$REPONAME"
+git config -f "/srv/git/$REPOSITORY/config" cgit.ignore 1
 
 echo "[#] made $REPONAME hidden"
diff --git a/show b/show
index ccda755..2ae96d6 100755
--- a/show
+++ b/show
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ if [ ! -d "/srv/git/$REPOSITORY" ]; then
 	exit
 fi
 
-ln -s "/srv/git/$REPOSITORY" "/srv/git/.public/$REPONAME"
+git config -f "/srv/git/$REPOSITORY/config" cgit.ignore 0
 
 echo "[#] made $REPONAME publicly visible"