diff --git a/updown/fetch.cgi b/updown/fetch.cgi
index af9f73cc9..4d0587479 100755
--- a/updown/fetch.cgi
+++ b/updown/fetch.cgi
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ if ($ENV{'PATH_INFO'}) {
 				# See if it is really text
 				$out = &backquote_command("file ".
 					quotemeta(&resolve_links($file)));
-				$type = "text/plain" if ($out =~ /text|script/);
 				}
+			$type = "text/plain"
+				if ($type =~ /text|java|script/ ||
+				    $out =~ /text|java|script/);
 			}
 		else {
 			print "Content-Disposition: Attachment\n";