diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index ea8f97d..86dc5f3 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
           <button ng-if="debugMode" ng-click="countWatchers()">Count<br />Watchers</button>
         </div>
         <div class="title" title="{{activeBuffer().rtitle}}">
-          <span ng-repeat="part in activeBuffer().title" ng-class="::part.classes" ng-bind-html="::(part.text | linky:'_blank' | DOMfilter:'irclinky')"></span>
+          <span ng-repeat="part in activeBuffer().title" ng-class="::part.classes" ng-bind-html="::(part.text | linky:'_system' | linksForCordova | DOMfilter:'irclinky')"></span>
         </div>
         <div class="actions pull-right vertical-line-left">
           <div class="pull-left">
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
               <td class="prefix"><a ng-click="addMention(bufferline.prefix)"><span ng-repeat="part in ::bufferline.prefix" ng-class="::part.classes" ng-bind="::part.text"></span></a></td><!--
            --><td class="message"><!--
              --><div ng-repeat="metadata in ::bufferline.metadata" plugin data="::metadata"></div><!--
-             --><span ng-repeat="part in ::bufferline.content" class="text" ng-class="::part.classes" ng-bind-html="::part.text | linky:'_blank' | DOMfilter:'irclinky' | DOMfilter:'inlinecolour' "></span>
+             --><span ng-repeat="part in ::bufferline.content" class="text" ng-class="::part.classes" ng-bind-html="::part.text | linky:'_system' | linksForCordova | DOMfilter:'irclinky' | DOMfilter:'inlinecolour' "></span>
               </td>
             </tr>
             <tr class="readmarker" ng-if="activeBuffer().lastSeen==$index">
diff --git a/js/filters.js b/js/filters.js
index 9cefa52..a6f7271 100644
--- a/js/filters.js
+++ b/js/filters.js
@@ -117,6 +117,15 @@ weechat.filter('DOMfilter', ['$filter', '$sce', function($filter, $sce) {
     };
 }]);
 
+weechat.filter('linksForCordova', ['$sce', function($sce) {
+    return function (text) {
+        // Cordova: need to use window.open instead of href
+        // XXX TODO this needs to be improved
+        text = text.replace(/<a (?:target="_[a-z]+"\s)?href="([^"]+)"/gi, "<a onClick=\"window.open('$1', '_system')\"");
+        return $sce.trustAsHtml(text);
+    };
+}]);
+
 weechat.filter('getBufferQuickKeys', function () {
     return function (obj, $scope) {
         if (!$scope) { return obj; }
diff --git a/js/plugins.js b/js/plugins.js
index 8a84758..be6202f 100644
--- a/js/plugins.js
+++ b/js/plugins.js
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ plugins.factory('userPlugins', function() {
         }
     });
 
+/*
     // Embed GitHub gists
     var gistPlugin = new UrlPlugin('Gist', function(url) {
         var regexp = /^https:\/\/gist\.github.com\/[^.?]+/i;
@@ -377,6 +378,7 @@ plugins.factory('userPlugins', function() {
             };
         }
     });
+    */
 
     /*
      * Vine plugin
@@ -391,7 +393,7 @@ plugins.factory('userPlugins', function() {
     });
 
     return {
-        plugins: [youtubePlugin, dailymotionPlugin, allocinePlugin, imagePlugin, videoPlugin, spotifyPlugin, cloudmusicPlugin, googlemapPlugin, asciinemaPlugin, yrPlugin, gistPlugin, tweetPlugin, vinePlugin]
+        plugins: [youtubePlugin, dailymotionPlugin, allocinePlugin, imagePlugin, videoPlugin, spotifyPlugin, cloudmusicPlugin, googlemapPlugin, asciinemaPlugin, yrPlugin, vinePlugin]
     };
 
 
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins.js b/test/unit/plugins.js
index e179c0a..75f703c 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins.js
+++ b/test/unit/plugins.js
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ describe('filter', function() {
             plugins);
         }));
 
+/*
         it('should recognize gists', inject(function(plugins) {
             expectTheseMessagesToContain([
                 'https://gist.github.com/lorenzhs/e8c1a7d56fa170320eb8',
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ describe('filter', function() {
             'Tweet',
             plugins);
         }));
+*/
 
         it('should recognize vines', inject(function(plugins) {
             expectTheseMessagesToContain([