diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9e7e207..69639a6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -517,6 +517,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "const-random"
+version = "0.1.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5aaf16c9c2c612020bcfd042e170f6e32de9b9d75adb5277cdbbd2e2c8c8299a"
+dependencies = [
+ "const-random-macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "const-random-macro"
+version = "0.1.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f9d839f2a20b0aee515dc581a6172f2321f96cab76c1a38a4c584a194955390e"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tiny-keccak",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "content_inspector"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -576,6 +596,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crunchy"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a81dae078cea95a014a339291cec439d2f232ebe854a9d672b796c6afafa9b7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.1.6"
@@ -632,6 +658,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dlv-list"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "442039f5147480ba31067cb00ada1adae6892028e40e45fc5de7b7df6dcc1b5f"
+dependencies = [
+ "const-random",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encode_unicode"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -960,6 +995,12 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.14.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "290f1a1d9242c78d09ce40a5e87e7554ee637af1351968159f4952f028f75604"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "headers"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -1097,7 +1138,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.12.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1472,6 +1513,16 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ordered-multimap"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4d6a8c22fc714f0c2373e6091bf6f5e9b37b1bc0b1184874b7e0a4e303d318f"
+dependencies = [
+ "dlv-list",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -1754,6 +1805,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot 0.12.1",
  "path-clean",
  "rsass",
+ "rust-ini",
  "serde",
  "sha2",
  "sled",
@@ -1790,6 +1842,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rust-ini"
+version = "0.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3e0698206bcb8882bf2a9ecb4c1e7785db57ff052297085a6efd4fe42302068a"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "ordered-multimap",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.23"
@@ -2209,6 +2271,15 @@ version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a1710e589de0a76aaf295cd47a6699f6405737dbfd3cf2b75c92d000b548d0e6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tiny-keccak"
+version = "2.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2c9d3793400a45f954c52e73d068316d76b6f4e36977e3fcebb13a2721e80237"
+dependencies = [
+ "crunchy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7987ccb..c4f0279 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ futures = "0.3"
 git2 = "0.18.0"
 hex = "0.4"
 humantime = "2.1"
+rust-ini = "0.20"
 nom = "7.1"
 md5 = "0.7"
 moka = { version = "0.12.0", features = ["future"] }
diff --git a/src/database/indexer.rs b/src/database/indexer.rs
index 8ea240f..f66dbb8 100644
--- a/src/database/indexer.rs
+++ b/src/database/indexer.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 use std::{
+    borrow::Cow,
     collections::HashSet,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
 use git2::Sort;
+use ini::Ini;
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use tracing::{info, info_span};
 
@@ -44,13 +46,14 @@ fn update_repository_metadata(scan_path: &Path, db: &sled::Db) {
         let description = std::fs::read(repository.join("description")).unwrap_or_default();
         let description = Some(String::from_utf8_lossy(&description)).filter(|v| !v.is_empty());
 
-        let git_repository = git2::Repository::open(scan_path.join(relative)).unwrap();
+        let repository_path = scan_path.join(relative);
+        let git_repository = git2::Repository::open(repository_path.clone()).unwrap();
 
         Repository {
             id,
             name,
             description,
-            owner: None, // TODO read this from config
+            owner: find_gitweb_owner(repository_path.as_path()),
             last_modified: find_last_committed_time(&git_repository)
                 .unwrap_or(OffsetDateTime::UNIX_EPOCH),
         }
@@ -207,3 +210,14 @@ fn discover_repositories(current: &Path, discovered_repos: &mut Vec<PathBuf>) {
         }
     }
 }
+
+fn find_gitweb_owner(repository_path: &Path) -> Option<Cow<'_, str>> {
+    // Load the Git config file and attempt to extract the owner from the "gitweb" section.
+    // If the owner is not found, an empty string is returned.
+    Ini::load_from_file(repository_path.join("config"))
+        .ok()?
+        .section(Some("gitweb"))
+        .and_then(|section| section.get("owner"))
+        .map(String::from)
+        .map(Cow::Owned)
+}