diff --git a/bfg.ini b/bfg.ini
index b31c879..6c48c2f 100644
--- a/bfg.ini
+++ b/bfg.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+[style.link.focused]
+background=#111
+foreground=cyan
+
+[style.link.normal]
+background=#111
+foreground=#eee
+
 [widget]
 entryfont=Noto Sans
 entryfontsize=11
@@ -7,16 +15,9 @@ statusfont=Noto Sans
 statusfontsize=11
 ttkTheme=gtkTtk
 
-[style.link.normal]
-background=#111
-foreground=#eee
-
-[style.link.focused]
-background=#111
-foreground=cyan
-
 [bookmarks]
 AuraGem=gemini://auragem.letz.dev/
+Gopher servers alive=gopher://kamalatta.ddnss.de:70/1/links
 Gophoogle=gopher://shibboleths.org:70/1/home
 HOI.ST=gopher://hoi.st
 Nightfall City=nex://nightfall.city
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ Project Gemini=gemini://geminiprotocol.net
 Spartan Portal=spartan://mozz.us
 TLGS=gemini://tlgs.one
 
+[style.error]
+background=#111
+foreground=red
+
 [style.general]
 background=#111
 foreground=#eee
@@ -32,15 +37,11 @@ monofontsize=12
 textfont=Noto Sans
 textfontsize=12
 
-[style.error]
-background=#111
-foreground=red
+[style.highlight]
+background=yellow
+foreground=#111
 
 [net]
 timeout=5000
 tls=on
 
-[style.highlight]
-background=yellow
-foreground=#111
-
diff --git a/bfg.tcl b/bfg.tcl
index 3e2a133..d74b826 100755
--- a/bfg.tcl
+++ b/bfg.tcl
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ proc urlfetch {inputurl refhist} {
     set bfg_status [trunc "Rendering $inputurl..."]
     .content.text configure -state normal
     .content.text delete 1.0 end; # clear the previous contents
+    # remove all SGR escape sequences for non-downloaded responses
+    regsub -all {\033\[[0-9;]+m} $bfg_response "" bfg_response
     $handler "$inputurl" "$rooturl" "$path" "$bfg_response" .content.text
     .content.text configure -state disabled
     refreshbookmarks