diff --git a/PBDetailController.h b/PBDetailController.h
index 4717160..0880da1 100644
--- a/PBDetailController.h
+++ b/PBDetailController.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 - (IBAction) setRawView: sender;
 - (IBAction) setTreeView: sender;
 
+- (void) selectCommit: (NSString*) commit;
 - (IBAction) refresh: sender;
 - (IBAction) toggleQuickView: sender;
 - (IBAction) openSelectedFile: sender;
diff --git a/PBDetailController.m b/PBDetailController.m
index 7c57a5b..3128105 100644
--- a/PBDetailController.m
+++ b/PBDetailController.m
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@
 	repository.currentBranch = repository.currentBranch;
 }
 
+- (void) selectCommit: (NSString*) commit
+{
+	NSPredicate* selection = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"sha == %@", commit];
+	NSArray* selectedCommits = [repository.revisionList.commits filteredArrayUsingPredicate:selection];
+	[commitController setSelectedObjects: selectedCommits];
+	int index = [[commitController selectionIndexes] firstIndex];
+	[commitList scrollRowToVisible: index];
+}
 
 - (void)tableView:(NSTableView *)aTableView willDisplayCell:(id)aCell forTableColumn:(NSTableColumn *)aTableColumn row:(int)rowIndex
 {
diff --git a/PBWebGitController.m b/PBWebGitController.m
index a6a5d80..5fd55c7 100644
--- a/PBWebGitController.m
+++ b/PBWebGitController.m
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@
 
 - (void) selectCommit: (NSString*) sha
 {
-	NSPredicate* selection = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"sha == %@", sha];
-	NSArray* selectedCommits = [detailController.repository.revisionList.commits filteredArrayUsingPredicate:selection];
-	// TODO: reimplement this. How can we set the new commit? Our detailscontroller is read-only
+	[detailController selectCommit:sha];
 }
 
 + (BOOL)isSelectorExcludedFromWebScript:(SEL)aSelector