diff --git a/pagure/templates/releases.html b/pagure/templates/releases.html
index 610b676..3cf64df 100644
--- a/pagure/templates/releases.html
+++ b/pagure/templates/releases.html
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
     {% for tag in tags %}
     <li>
       <a href="{{ url_for('.view_tree', username=username, repo=repo.name,
-                          identifier=tag.get_object().hex) }}">
+                          identifier=tag.oid) }}">
         {{ tag.name }}
         {% if tag.message %}
         -- {{ tag.message.split('\n')[0] }}
         {% endif %}
-      <span class="tagid">{{ tag.get_object().hex | short }}</span>
+      <span class="tagid">{{ tag.oid | short }}</span>
       </a>
     </li>
     {% endfor %}
diff --git a/pagure/ui/repo.py b/pagure/ui/repo.py
index ba46e52..f97a893 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/repo.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/repo.py
@@ -621,6 +621,10 @@ def view_tree(repo, identifier=None, username=None):
                 if 'master' in repo_obj.listall_branches():
                     commit = repo_obj[repo_obj.head.target]
                     branchname = 'master'
+        # If we're arriving here from the release page, we may have a Tag
+        # where we expected a commit, in this case, get the actual commit
+        if isinstance(commit, pygit2.Tag):
+            commit = commit.get_object()
 
         if commit:
             content = sorted(commit.tree, key=lambda x: x.filemode)