diff --git a/runtime/plugin/net.lua b/runtime/plugin/net.lua
index 0bb27147a4..9bfd592b6d 100644
--- a/runtime/plugin/net.lua
+++ b/runtime/plugin/net.lua
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('BufReadCmd', {
 
         vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds('BufRead', { group = 'filetypedetect', buffer = ev.buf })
         vim.bo[ev.buf].modified = false
+        vim.bo[ev.buf].buftype = 'nofile'
         vim.notify(('Loaded %s'):format(url), vim.log.levels.INFO)
       end)
     )