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diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
index 7ad7320..a077f95 100755
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
@@ -375,7 +375,8 @@ public class Jalview
         System.err.println("CMD [-noquestionnaire] executed successfully!");
       }
 
-      if (!aparser.contains("nonews"))
+      if (!aparser.contains("nonews")
+              || Cache.getProperty("NONEWS") == null)
       {
         desktop.checkForNews();
       }
@@ -691,12 +692,7 @@ public class Jalview
         jalview.bin.Cache.removeProperty("STARTUP_FILE");
       }
 
-      protocol = DataSourceType.FILE;
-
-      if (HttpUtils.startsWithHttpOrHttps(file))
-      {
-        protocol = DataSourceType.URL;
-      }
+      protocol = AppletFormatAdapter.checkProtocol(file);
 
       if (file.endsWith(".jar"))
       {