diff --git a/routers/web/repo/blame.go b/routers/web/repo/blame.go
index 2f37de2341..d8c2f442ab 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/blame.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/blame.go
@@ -46,9 +46,17 @@ func RefBlame(ctx *context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// ctx.Data["RepoPreferences"] = ctx.Session.Get("repoPreferences")
+	showFileViewTreeSidebar := true
+	if ctx.Doer != nil {
+		v, err := user_model.GetUserSetting(ctx, ctx.Doer.ID, user_model.SettingsKeyShowFileViewTreeSidebar, "true")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error("GetUserSetting: %v", err)
+		} else {
+			showFileViewTreeSidebar, _ = strconv.ParseBool(v)
+		}
+	}
 	ctx.Data["RepoPreferences"] = &preferencesForm{
-		ShowFileViewTreeSidebar: true,
+		ShowFileViewTreeSidebar: showFileViewTreeSidebar,
 	}
 
 	branchLink := ctx.Repo.RepoLink + "/src/" + ctx.Repo.BranchNameSubURL()
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/file.go b/routers/web/repo/file.go
index 60e7cb24b7..c95adb3ca8 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/file.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/file.go
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2014 The Gogs Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Copyright 2018 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 package repo
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/view.go b/routers/web/repo/view.go
index ea5c876872..e467ca4098 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/view.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/view.go
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	tplRepoEMPTY    		templates.TplName = "repo/empty"
-	tplRepoHome     		templates.TplName = "repo/home"
-	tplRepoHomeContent  templates.TplName = "repo/home_content"
-	tplRepoViewList 		templates.TplName = "repo/view_list"
-	tplWatchers     		templates.TplName = "repo/watchers"
-	tplForks        		templates.TplName = "repo/forks"
-	tplMigrating    		templates.TplName = "repo/migrate/migrating"
+	tplRepoEMPTY       templates.TplName = "repo/empty"
+	tplRepoHome        templates.TplName = "repo/home"
+	tplRepoHomeContent templates.TplName = "repo/home_content"
+	tplRepoViewList    templates.TplName = "repo/view_list"
+	tplWatchers        templates.TplName = "repo/watchers"
+	tplForks           templates.TplName = "repo/forks"
+	tplMigrating       templates.TplName = "repo/migrate/migrating"
 )
 
 type fileInfo struct {