diff --git a/tests/t0107-snapshot.sh b/tests/t0107-snapshot.sh
index d97c465..c42091a 100755
--- a/tests/t0107-snapshot.sh
+++ b/tests/t0107-snapshot.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ run_test 'get foo/snapshot/test.tar.gz' '
 
 run_test 'check html headers' '
 	head -n 1 trash/tmp |
-	     grep -e "Content-Type: application/x-tar" &&
+	     grep -e "Content-Type: application/x-gzip" &&
 
 	head -n 2 trash/tmp |
 	     grep -e "Content-Disposition: inline; filename=.test.tar.gz."
diff --git a/ui-snapshot.c b/ui-snapshot.c
index 6f09151..5f813fc 100644
--- a/ui-snapshot.c
+++ b/ui-snapshot.c
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ static int write_tar_bzip2_archive(struct archiver_args *args)
 
 const struct cgit_snapshot_format cgit_snapshot_formats[] = {
 	{ ".zip", "application/x-zip", write_zip_archive, 0x1 },
-	{ ".tar.gz", "application/x-tar", write_tar_gzip_archive, 0x2 },
-	{ ".tar.bz2", "application/x-tar", write_tar_bzip2_archive, 0x4 },
+	{ ".tar.gz", "application/x-gzip", write_tar_gzip_archive, 0x2 },
+	{ ".tar.bz2", "application/x-bzip2", write_tar_bzip2_archive, 0x4 },
 	{ ".tar", "application/x-tar", write_tar_archive, 0x8 },
 	{}
 };