diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.tsx
index 9fd8774d0fe31c00efe0c696ed378bffc3843d6f..2379d0b91cc0a75d2d7325ae94e2fe01f712f8b0 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ export default function BranchToolbar({ envMode, onEnvModeChange, envLocked }: B
   });
 
   const branches = branchesQuery.data?.branches ?? [];
-  const isRepo = branchesQuery.data?.isRepo ?? false;
+  // Default to true while loading — showing "Initialize git" during a fetch is wrong,
+  // and worktrees are inherently git repos.
+  const isRepo = branchesQuery.data?.isRepo ?? !branchesQuery.isLoading;
 
   // ── Mutations ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────