diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleLink.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleLink.cs
index 6a143cf1..0a24ad28 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleLink.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleLink.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 			Add (label);
 
 			// Only make links for files that exist
-			if (!File.Exists (url))
+			if (!url.StartsWith ("http://") && !File.Exists (url))
 				return;
 
 			// Use Tango blue for the links
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 			label.ModifyFg (StateType.Normal, color);
 
 			// Open the URL when it is clicked
-			ButtonPressEvent += delegate {
+			ButtonReleaseEvent += delegate {
 
 				Process process = new Process ();
-				process.StartInfo.FileName  = "xdg-open";
+				process.StartInfo.FileName  = "gnome-open";
 				process.StartInfo.Arguments = url.Replace (" ", "\\ "); // Escape space-characters
 				process.Start ();
 
diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleLog.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleLog.cs
index bcdb94f1..2c5887ba 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleLog.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleLog.cs
@@ -215,8 +215,11 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 
 			foreach (ActivityDay activity_day in activity_days) {
 
+				EventBox box = new EventBox ();
+
 				Label date_label = new Label ("") {
 					UseMarkup = true,
+					Xalign = 0,
 					Xpad = 9,
 					Ypad = 9
 				};
@@ -242,7 +245,8 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 
 					}
 
-				layout_vertical.PackStart (date_label, true, true, 0);
+				box.Add (date_label);
+				layout_vertical.PackStart (box, true, true, 0);
 
 				Gdk.Color color = Style.Foreground (StateType.Insensitive);
 				string secondary_text_color = GdkColorToHex (color);
@@ -261,7 +265,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 
 						link.ModifyBg (StateType.Normal, background_color);
 
-						link.ButtonPressEvent += delegate {
+						link.ButtonReleaseEvent += delegate {
 							Destroy ();
 						};
 
diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleStatusIcon.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleStatusIcon.cs
index 9e69714d..5274c88a 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleStatusIcon.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleStatusIcon.cs
@@ -127,11 +127,15 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 		}
 
 
+		// Recursively gets a folder's size in bytes
 		private double GetFolderSize (DirectoryInfo parent)
 		{
 
 			double size = 0;
 
+			// Ignore the temporary rebase-apply directory.
+			// This prevents potential crashes when files are being
+			// queried whilst the files have already been deleted.
 			if (parent.Name.Equals ("rebase-apply"))
 				return 0;