diff -Naur a/src/protocol/gopher/gopher.c b/src/protocol/gopher/gopher.c
--- a/src/protocol/gopher/gopher.c	2020-01-31 16:50:36.000000000 +0000
+++ b/src/protocol/gopher/gopher.c	2020-05-14 06:21:44.523952135 +0000
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 
 	/* Get entity type, and selector string. */
 	/* Pick up gopher_entity */
-	if (selectorlen > 1 && selector[1] == '/') {
+	if (selectorlen > 1) {
 		entity = *selector++;
 		selectorlen--;
 	}
@@ -308,6 +308,18 @@
 		selectorlen--;
 	}
 
+	if (entity_info->type == '1') {
+		if (strchr(selector, '1') == (char *) selector) {
+			selector++;
+			selectorlen--;
+		}
+		else {
+			if ((char *) selector  == "/1") {
+				selectorlen--;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	state = add_gopher_command(conn, &command, entity, selector, selectorlen);
 	if (!is_in_state(state, S_CONN))
 		return state;
@@ -548,7 +560,8 @@
 
 		} else if (address.length > 0
 			   && strlcmp(address.source, address.length - 1,
-				      "gopher://error.host:1/", -1)) {
+				      "gopher://error.host:1/", -1)
+				 && selector) {
 			add_gopher_link(buffer, name, address.source);
 
 		} else {
@@ -571,7 +584,7 @@
 		if (data[0] == ASCII_CR && data[1] == ASCII_LF)
 			return data + 2;
 
-		if (data[0] == ASCII_LF)
+		if (data[0] == ASCII_CR || data[0] == ASCII_LF)
 			return data + 1;
 	}