diff --git a/lib/onebox/mixins/git_blob_onebox.rb b/lib/onebox/mixins/git_blob_onebox.rb
index ff72256f516..073f0fd27c0 100644
--- a/lib/onebox/mixins/git_blob_onebox.rb
+++ b/lib/onebox/mixins/git_blob_onebox.rb
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ module Onebox
             else
               contents = URI.parse(self.raw_template(m)).open(read_timeout: timeout).read
 
-              if contents.encoding == Encoding::BINARY
+              if contents.encoding == Encoding::BINARY || contents.bytes.include?(0)
                 @raw = nil
                 @binary = true
                 return