diff -pruN epiphany-1.5.4-old/embed/ephy-embed.c epiphany-1.5.4/embed/ephy-embed.c
--- epiphany-1.5.4-old/embed/ephy-embed.c	Thu Jan  6 19:14:41 2005
+++ epiphany-1.5.4/embed/ephy-embed.c	Fri Jan 14 12:37:01 2005
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include "mozilla-embed-single.h"
 #include "mozilla-embed.h"
 
+#include <string.h>
+
 static void ephy_embed_base_init (gpointer g_class);
 
 GType
@@ -329,8 +331,15 @@ void
 ephy_embed_load_url (EphyEmbed *embed,
 		     const char *url)
 {
+	char *protocol;
+	protocol=malloc(strlen(url)+1);
+	strcpy(protocol,url);
+	protocol=strtok(protocol,":");
+	if(strcasecmp(protocol,"gopher")!=0)
+	{		
 	EphyEmbedIface *iface = EPHY_EMBED_GET_IFACE (embed);
 	iface->load_url (embed, url);
+	}
 }
 
 /**