diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index f186088..4ac2bf2 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -1991,8 +1991,8 @@ async def get_cached(content_hash: str, request: Request):
             return HTMLResponse(render_page("Not Found", content, ctx.actor_id if ctx else None, active_tab="media"), status_code=404)
         raise HTTPException(404, f"Content {content_hash} not in cache")
 
-    # JSON response for API clients
-    if "application/json" in accept:
+    # JSON response only if explicitly requested
+    if "application/json" in accept and "text/html" not in accept:
         t0 = time.time()
         meta = await database.load_item_metadata(content_hash, ctx.actor_id if ctx else None)
         logger.debug(f"get_cached: load_item_metadata took {time.time()-t0:.3f}s")
@@ -2018,8 +2018,9 @@ async def get_cached(content_hash: str, request: Request):
             "meta": meta
         }
 
-    # HTML response for browsers - show detail page
-    if wants_html(request):
+    # HTML response for browsers (default for all non-JSON requests)
+    # Raw data is only served from /cache/{hash}/raw endpoint
+    if True:  # Always show HTML page, raw data via /raw endpoint
         if not ctx:
             content = '<p class="text-gray-400 py-8 text-center"><a href="/login" class="text-blue-400 hover:text-blue-300">Login via L2</a> to view cached content.</p>'
             return HTMLResponse(render_page("Login Required", content, None, active_tab="media"), status_code=401)
@@ -2157,9 +2158,6 @@ async def get_cached(content_hash: str, request: Request):
 
         return HTMLResponse(render_page(f"Cache: {content_hash[:16]}...", content, ctx.actor_id, active_tab="media"))
 
-    # Default: return raw file
-    return FileResponse(cache_path)
-
 
 @app.get("/cache/{content_hash}/raw")
 async def get_cached_raw(content_hash: str):