diff --git a/backend/api/routes/projects.py b/backend/api/routes/projects.py
index fc74507..b28398a 100644
--- a/backend/api/routes/projects.py
+++ b/backend/api/routes/projects.py
@@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ def __init__(self, data: list[dict[str, str | list[str]]]):
         self.data = data
         self.files_indexes: dict[str, int] = {}
         for index, entry in enumerate(self.data):
-            for filename in entry.get("files", []):
+            for fileentry in entry.get("files", []):
+                if isinstance(fileentry, str):
+                    filename = fileentry
+                else:
+                    filename = fileentry["filename"]
                 self.files_indexes[filename] = index
 
     def __getitem__(self, key: str):