diff --git a/app/src/main/java/oppen/tva/ui/TvaActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/oppen/tva/ui/TvaActivity.kt
index 483be20..e43e2da 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/oppen/tva/ui/TvaActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/oppen/tva/ui/TvaActivity.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package oppen.tva.ui
 
-import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
+import android.content.Intent
+import android.net.Uri
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo
 import androidx.activity.viewModels
+import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
 import androidx.databinding.DataBindingUtil
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager
 import oppen.tva.R
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ import oppen.tva.io.TvaState
 import oppen.tva.io.history.CacheInterface
 import oppen.tva.ui.gemtext.GemtextAdapter
 
+
 class TvaActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
 
     private val model by viewModels<TvaViewModel>()
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ class TvaActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
             when(state){
                 is TvaState.AppQuery -> TODO()
                 is TvaState.Requesting -> TODO()
-                is TvaState.NotGeminiRequest -> TODO()
+                is TvaState.NotGeminiRequest -> externalProtocol(state)
                 is TvaState.GeminiResponse -> renderGemtext(state)
                 TvaState.GeminiPrintWriterError -> TODO()
             }
@@ -50,6 +53,11 @@ class TvaActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun externalProtocol(state: TvaState.NotGeminiRequest) {
+        val browserIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(state.uri.toString()))
+        startActivity(browserIntent)
+    }
+
     private fun renderGemtext(state: TvaState.GeminiResponse) = runOnUiThread {
         binding.addressEdit.setText(state.uri.toString())
         adapter.render(state.lines)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/oppen/tva/ui/TvaViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/oppen/tva/ui/TvaViewModel.kt
index e2ffc91..6408df3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/oppen/tva/ui/TvaViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/oppen/tva/ui/TvaViewModel.kt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class TvaViewModel: ViewModel() {
             when(state){
                 is TvaState.Requesting -> {}
                 is TvaState.AppQuery -> {}
-                is TvaState.NotGeminiRequest -> {}
+                is TvaState.NotGeminiRequest -> onState(state)
                 is TvaState.GeminiResponse -> renderGemini(state)
                 TvaState.GeminiPrintWriterError -> {}
             }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/oppen/tva/ui/gemtext/GemtextAdapter.kt b/app/src/main/java/oppen/tva/ui/gemtext/GemtextAdapter.kt
index ec23e0f..cf5b21c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/oppen/tva/ui/gemtext/GemtextAdapter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/oppen/tva/ui/gemtext/GemtextAdapter.kt
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ class GemtextAdapter(val onLink: (link: URI) -> Unit): RecyclerView.Adapter<Gemt
 
         when(holder){
             is ViewHolder.Text -> holder.itemView.gemtext_text_textview.text = line
-            is ViewHolder.H1 -> holder.itemView.gemtext_text_textview.text = line.drop(2).trim()
-            is ViewHolder.H2 -> holder.itemView.gemtext_text_textview.text = line.drop(3).trim()
-            is ViewHolder.H3 -> holder.itemView.gemtext_text_textview.text = line.drop(4).trim()
-            is ViewHolder.ListItem -> holder.itemView.gemtext_text_textview.text = "• ${line.drop(1)}".trim()
+            is ViewHolder.H1 -> holder.itemView.gemtext_text_textview.text = line.substring(2)
+            is ViewHolder.H2 -> holder.itemView.gemtext_text_textview.text = line.substring(3)
+            is ViewHolder.H3 -> holder.itemView.gemtext_text_textview.text = line.substring(4)
+            is ViewHolder.ListItem -> holder.itemView.gemtext_text_textview.text = "• ${line.substring(1)}".trim()
             is ViewHolder.Link -> {
                 println("Tva: link: $line")
                 val linkParts = line.substring(2).trim().split("\\s+".toRegex(), 2)