diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index 977f3d55..b18744a6 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <resources>
-    <string name="hello">Hello World, PhoneGap</string>
     <string name="app_name">PhoneGap</string>
-<string name="url">http://phonegap.com/demo2/</string>
+	  <string name="url">file:///android_asset/index.html</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/src/com/nitobi/phonegap/DroidGap.java b/src/com/nitobi/phonegap/DroidGap.java
index 056d7312..1a7fe67f 100644
--- a/src/com/nitobi/phonegap/DroidGap.java
+++ b/src/com/nitobi/phonegap/DroidGap.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package com.nitobi.phonegap;
  * website: http://phonegap.com
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
- * “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * Software), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
  * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
  * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
  * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ package com.nitobi.phonegap;
  * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
  * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  * 
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
  * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
  * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
  * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ package com.nitobi.phonegap;
  * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Handler;
@@ -59,9 +61,22 @@ public class DroidGap extends Activity {
         /* Bind the appView object to the gap class methods */
         bindBrowser(appView);
         
-       
-                
-        appView.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/index.html");
+        /* Load a URI from the strings.xml file */
+        String uri = null;
+        Class<R.string> c = R.string.class;
+        Field f;
+        
+        int i = 0;
+        
+        try {
+          f = c.getField("url");
+          i = f.getInt(f);
+          uri = this.getResources().getString(i);
+        } catch (Exception e)
+        {
+          uri = "http://www.phonegap.com";
+        }
+        appView.loadUrl(uri);
         
     }
     
diff --git a/src/com/nitobi/phonegap/R.java b/src/com/nitobi/phonegap/R.java
index a4fe9f1e..9b4e00f8 100644
--- a/src/com/nitobi/phonegap/R.java
+++ b/src/com/nitobi/phonegap/R.java
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ public final class R {
         public static final int on=0x7f040002;
     }
     public static final class string {
-        public static final int app_name=0x7f050001;
-        public static final int hello=0x7f050000;
-        public static final int url=0x7f050002;
+        public static final int app_name=0x7f050000;
+        public static final int url=0x7f050001;
     }
 }