diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/request/gitea.go b/request/gitea.go
index 48cad79..83ea105 100644
--- a/request/gitea.go
+++ b/request/gitea.go
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
+	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	email "git.tilde.town/tildetown/town/email"
@@ -33,7 +35,14 @@ func processGitea(rp string) error {
 	usernames := []string{}
 
 	for _, file := range files {
-		usernames = append(usernames, file.Name())
+		sysInfo := file.Sys()
+		uid := sysInfo.(*syscall.Stat_t).Uid
+		user, err := user.LookupId(fmt.Sprintf("%d", uid))
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to get owner of file named '%s': %s", file.Name(), err)
+			continue
+		}
+		usernames = append(usernames, user.Username)
 	}
 
 	if len(usernames) == 0 {
diff --git a/request/request b/request/request
deleted file mode 100755
index 5b37fb8..0000000
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