diff --git a/display/bookmarks.go b/display/bookmarks.go
index c62597b..68d819f 100644
--- a/display/bookmarks.go
+++ b/display/bookmarks.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func Bookmarks(t *tab) {
 		rawContent += fmt.Sprintf("=> %s %s\r\n", keys[i], m[keys[i]])
 	}
 	// Render and display
-	content, links := renderer.RenderGemini(rawContent, textWidth(), leftMargin())
+	content, links := renderer.RenderGemini(rawContent, textWidth(), leftMargin(), false)
 	page := structs.Page{
 		Raw:       rawContent,
 		Content:   content,
diff --git a/display/display.go b/display/display.go
index 870ef0e..6a4a508 100644
--- a/display/display.go
+++ b/display/display.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func Init() {
 
 	// Render the default new tab content ONCE and store it for later
 	newTabContent := getNewTabContent()
-	renderedNewTabContent, newTabLinks := renderer.RenderGemini(newTabContent, textWidth(), leftMargin())
+	renderedNewTabContent, newTabLinks := renderer.RenderGemini(newTabContent, textWidth(), leftMargin(), false)
 	newTabPage = structs.Page{
 		Raw:       newTabContent,
 		Content:   renderedNewTabContent,
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ func Reload() {
 		// Re-render new tab, similar to Init()
 		newTabContent := getNewTabContent()
 		tmpTermW := termW
-		renderedNewTabContent, newTabLinks := renderer.RenderGemini(newTabContent, textWidth(), leftMargin())
+		renderedNewTabContent, newTabLinks := renderer.RenderGemini(newTabContent, textWidth(), leftMargin(), false)
 		newTabPage = structs.Page{
 			Raw:       newTabContent,
 			Content:   renderedNewTabContent,
diff --git a/display/private.go b/display/private.go
index ab9612e..d2a341b 100644
--- a/display/private.go
+++ b/display/private.go
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ func reformatPage(p *structs.Page) {
 	switch p.Mediatype {
 	case structs.TextGemini:
 		// Links are not recorded because they won't change
-		rendered, _ = renderer.RenderGemini(p.Raw, textWidth(), leftMargin())
+		proxied := true
+		if strings.HasPrefix(p.URL, "gemini") || strings.HasPrefix(p.URL, "about") {
+			proxied = false
+		}
+		rendered, _ = renderer.RenderGemini(p.Raw, textWidth(), leftMargin(), proxied)
 	case structs.TextPlain:
 		rendered = renderer.RenderPlainText(p.Raw, leftMargin())
 	case structs.TextAnsi:
@@ -413,7 +417,7 @@ func handleURL(t *tab, u string, numRedirects int) (string, bool) {
 		return ret("", false)
 	}
 	if renderer.CanDisplay(res) {
-		page, err := renderer.MakePage(u, res, textWidth(), leftMargin())
+		page, err := renderer.MakePage(u, res, textWidth(), leftMargin(), usingProxy)
 		// Rendering may have taken a while, make sure tab is still valid
 		if !isValidTab(t) {
 			return ret("", false)
diff --git a/renderer/page.go b/renderer/page.go
index 8159ac9..d7afb80 100644
--- a/renderer/page.go
+++ b/renderer/page.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func CanDisplay(res *gemini.Response) bool {
 
 // MakePage creates a formatted, rendered Page from the given network response and params.
 // You must set the Page.Width value yourself.
-func MakePage(url string, res *gemini.Response, width, leftMargin int) (*structs.Page, error) {
+func MakePage(url string, res *gemini.Response, width, leftMargin int, proxied bool) (*structs.Page, error) {
 	if !CanDisplay(res) {
 		return nil, ErrCantDisplay
 	}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func MakePage(url string, res *gemini.Response, width, leftMargin int) (*structs
 	}
 
 	if mediatype == "text/gemini" {
-		rendered, links := RenderGemini(utfText, width, leftMargin)
+		rendered, links := RenderGemini(utfText, width, leftMargin, proxied)
 		return &structs.Page{
 			Mediatype: structs.TextGemini,
 			URL:       url,
diff --git a/renderer/renderer.go b/renderer/renderer.go
index 4046553..7087fc2 100644
--- a/renderer/renderer.go
+++ b/renderer/renderer.go
@@ -87,13 +87,17 @@ func tagLines(s, start, end string) string {
 
 // convertRegularGemini converts non-preformatted blocks of text/gemini
 // into a cview-compatible format.
+// Since this only works on non-preformatted blocks, RenderGemini
+// should always be used instead.
+//
 // It also returns a slice of link URLs.
 // numLinks is the number of links that exist so far.
 // width is the number of columns to wrap to.
 //
-// Since this only works on non-preformatted blocks, RenderGemini
-// should always be used instead.
-func convertRegularGemini(s string, numLinks, width int) (string, []string) {
+//
+// proxied is whether the request is through the gemini:// scheme.
+// If it's not a gemini:// page, set this to true.
+func convertRegularGemini(s string, numLinks, width int, proxied bool) (string, []string) {
 	links := make([]string, 0)
 	lines := strings.Split(s, "\n")
 	wrappedLines := make([]string, 0) // Final result
@@ -175,7 +179,8 @@ func convertRegularGemini(s string, numLinks, width int) (string, []string) {
 
 			if viper.GetBool("a-general.color") {
 				pU, err := urlPkg.Parse(url)
-				if err == nil && (pU.Scheme == "" || pU.Scheme == "gemini" || pU.Scheme == "about") {
+				if !proxied && err == nil &&
+					(pU.Scheme == "" || pU.Scheme == "gemini" || pU.Scheme == "about") {
 					// A gemini link
 					// Add the link text in blue (in a region), and a gray link number to the left of it
 					// Those are the default colors, anyway
@@ -267,7 +272,10 @@ func convertRegularGemini(s string, numLinks, width int) (string, []string) {
 //
 // width is the number of columns to wrap to.
 // leftMargin is the number of blank spaces to prepend to each line.
-func RenderGemini(s string, width, leftMargin int) (string, []string) {
+//
+// proxied is whether the request is through the gemini:// scheme.
+// If it's not a gemini:// page, set this to true.
+func RenderGemini(s string, width, leftMargin int, proxied bool) (string, []string) {
 	s = cview.Escape(s)
 	if viper.GetBool("a-general.color") {
 		s = cview.TranslateANSI(s)
@@ -292,7 +300,7 @@ func RenderGemini(s string, width, leftMargin int) (string, []string) {
 				)
 			} else {
 				// Not preformatted, regular text
-				ren, lks := convertRegularGemini(buf, len(links), width)
+				ren, lks := convertRegularGemini(buf, len(links), width, proxied)
 				links = append(links, lks...)
 				rendered += ren
 			}
@@ -310,7 +318,7 @@ func RenderGemini(s string, width, leftMargin int) (string, []string) {
 	} else {
 		// Not preformatted, regular text
 		// Same code as in the loop above
-		ren, lks := convertRegularGemini(buf, len(links), width)
+		ren, lks := convertRegularGemini(buf, len(links), width, proxied)
 		links = append(links, lks...)
 		rendered += ren
 	}