diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/lowrespalmtree/comet/MimeType.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/lowrespalmtree/comet/MimeType.kt
index 207528d..2bdffb4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/lowrespalmtree/comet/MimeType.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/lowrespalmtree/comet/MimeType.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class MimeType(
             if (";" in string) {
                 val elements = string.split(";")
                 typeString = elements[0]
-                params = mutableMapOf<String, String>()
+                params = mutableMapOf()
                 elements.subList(1, elements.size)
                     .map { it.trim().lowercase() }
                     .map { p -> if (p.count { it == '=' } != 1) return@from null else p }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/lowrespalmtree/comet/PageViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/lowrespalmtree/comet/PageViewModel.kt
index 4884d90..cda8c30 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/lowrespalmtree/comet/PageViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/lowrespalmtree/comet/PageViewModel.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.SavedStateHandle
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager
-import dev.lowrespalmtree.comet.utils.joinUrls
 import dev.lowrespalmtree.comet.utils.resolveLinkUri
 import kotlinx.coroutines.*
 import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.onSuccess
@@ -147,6 +146,20 @@ class PageViewModel(@Suppress("unused") private val savedStateHandle: SavedState
 
     @ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
     private suspend fun handleSuccessResponse(response: Response, uri: Uri) {
+        val mimeType = MimeType.from(response.meta) ?: MimeType.DEFAULT  // Spec. section 3.3 last §
+        when (mimeType.main) {
+            "text" -> {
+                if (mimeType.sub == "gemini")
+                    handleSuccessGemtextResponse(response, uri)
+                else
+                    handleSuccessGenericTextResponse(response, uri)
+            }
+            else -> signalError("No idea how to process a \"${mimeType.short}\" file.")
+        }
+    }
+
+    @ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
+    private suspend fun handleSuccessGemtextResponse(response: Response, uri: Uri) {
         state.postValue(State.RECEIVING)
         val uriString = uri.toString()
 
@@ -199,6 +212,10 @@ class PageViewModel(@Suppress("unused") private val savedStateHandle: SavedState
         state.postValue(State.IDLE)
     }
 
+    @ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
+    private suspend fun handleSuccessGenericTextResponse(response: Response, uri: Uri) =
+        handleSuccessGemtextResponse(response, uri)  // TODO render plain text as... something else?
+
     private fun handleRedirectResponse(response: Response, redirects: Int) {
         event.postValue(RedirectEvent(response.meta, redirects))
     }