diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py b/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py
@@ -410,15 +410,15 @@ class hgwebdir:
                     gc.collect(generation=1)
 
     def _runwsgi(self, req, res):
-        try:
-            self.refresh()
+        self.refresh()
 
-            csp, nonce = cspvalues(self.ui)
-            if csp:
-                res.headers[b'Content-Security-Policy'] = csp
+        csp, nonce = cspvalues(self.ui)
+        if csp:
+            res.headers[b'Content-Security-Policy'] = csp
 
-            virtual = req.dispatchpath.strip(b'/')
-            tmpl = self.templater(req, nonce)
+        virtual = req.dispatchpath.strip(b'/')
+        tmpl = self.templater(req, nonce)
+        try:
             ctype = tmpl.render(b'mimetype', {b'encoding': encoding.encoding})
 
             # Global defaults. These can be overridden by any handler.