diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7a9c000..523ac62 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -5,49 +5,57 @@ var cheerio = require('cheerio');
 var replace = require('gulp-replace');
 var fs      = require('fs');
 var path    = require('path');
+var url     = require('url');
+
+function isLocal(link) {
+  return link && ! url.parse(link).hostname;
+}
 
 module.exports = function() {
 
-	// create a stream through which each file will pass
-	return through.obj(function(file, enc, callback) {
+  // create a stream through which each file will pass
+  return through.obj(function(file, enc, callback) {
 
-		if (file.isNull()) {
-			this.push(file); // do nothing if no contents
-			return callback();
-		}
+    if (file.isNull()) {
+      this.push(file); // do nothing if no contents
+      return callback();
+    }
 
-		if (file.isStream()) {
-			this.emit('error', new gutil.PluginError('gulp-smoosher', 'Streaming not supported'));
-			return callback();
-		}
+    if (file.isStream()) {
+      this.emit('error', new gutil.PluginError('gulp-smoosher', 'Streaming not supported'));
+      return callback();
+    }
 
-		if (file.isBuffer()) {
+    if (file.isBuffer()) {
 
-			var rePattern = /<!-- smoosh -->([\s\S]*?)<!-- endsmoosh -->/g;
+      var rePattern = /<!-- smoosh -->([\s\S]*?)<!-- endsmoosh -->/g;
 
-			var input = String(file.contents);
+      var input = String(file.contents);
 
-			var output = input.replace(rePattern, function(match) {
+      var output = input.replace(rePattern, function(match) {
 
-				var $ = cheerio.load(match);
+        var $ = cheerio.load(match);
 
-				$('link').each(function(index, element) {
-					var href = $(element).attr('href');
-					$(element).replaceWith('<style>' + fs.readFileSync(path.join(file.base, href), 'utf8') + '</style>');
-				});
+        $('link').each(function(index, element) {
+          var href = $(element).attr('href');
+          isLocal(href) && $(element).replaceWith('<style>' + fs.readFileSync(path.join(file.base, href), 'utf8') + '</style>');
+        });
 
-				$('script').each(function(index, element) {
-					var src = $(element).attr('src');
-					$(element).replaceWith('<script>' + fs.readFileSync(path.join(file.base, src), 'utf8') + '</script>');
-				});
+        $('script').each(function(index, element) {
+          var src = $(element).attr('src');
+          if(isLocal(src)) {
+            $(element).attr('src', '')
+              .text(fs.readFileSync(path.join(file.base, src)));
+          }
+        });
 
-				return $.html();
-			}).replace(/<!-- smoosh -->\n|<!-- endsmoosh -->\n/g, '');
+        return $.html();
+      }).replace(/<!-- smoosh -->\n|<!-- endsmoosh -->\n/g, '');
 
-			file.contents = new Buffer(output);
+      file.contents = new Buffer(output);
 
-			return callback(null, file);
-		}
+      return callback(null, file);
+    }
 
-	});
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+  });
+};