diff --git a/iOS/Article/WebViewController.swift b/iOS/Article/WebViewController.swift
index cbca90d03c..91d2f6ba9d 100644
--- a/iOS/Article/WebViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/Article/WebViewController.swift
@@ -615,7 +615,17 @@ private extension WebViewController {
 //		try? html.write(to: fileURL, atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
 //		print("article.html written to \(fileURL.path)")
 
-		webView.loadHTMLString(html, baseURL: ArticleRenderer.page.baseURL)
+		webView.loadHTMLString(html, baseURL: loadBaseURL(for: rendering.baseURL))
+	}
+
+	private func loadBaseURL(for renderingBaseURL: String) -> URL {
+		if let url = URL(string: renderingBaseURL),
+			let scheme = url.scheme?.lowercased(),
+			scheme == "http" || scheme == "https" {
+			return url
+		}
+
+		return URL(string: "https://netnewswire.com/")!
 	}
 
 	func finalScrollPosition(scrollingUp: Bool) -> CGFloat {
diff --git a/iOS/Resources/page.html b/iOS/Resources/page.html
index 7de2264a5f..0da60d9883 100644
--- a/iOS/Resources/page.html
+++ b/iOS/Resources/page.html
@@ -5,13 +5,9 @@
 		<style>
 			[[style]]
 		</style>
-		<script src="main.js"></script>
-		<script src="main_ios.js"></script>
-		<script src="newsfoot.js" async="async"></script>
 		<script type="text/javascript">
 			document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {
 				window.scrollTo(0, [[windowScrollY]]);
-				processPage();
 			})
 		</script>
 		<base href="[[baseURL]]">
@@ -20,4 +16,3 @@
 		[[body]]
 	</body>
 </html>
-