diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index 55aa6027..f0de13dd 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+== HEAD
+  * Bug Fixes
+    * Highlight should not be able to render local files
+
 == 0.6.2 / 2010-06-25
   * Bug Fixes
     * Fix Rakefile 'release' task (tag pushing was missing origin)
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/albino.rb b/lib/jekyll/albino.rb
index 10d0ffb9..f71e6382 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/albino.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/albino.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Albino
   end
 
   def initialize(target, lexer = :text, format = :html)
-    @target  = File.exists?(target) ? File.read(target) : target rescue target
+    @target  = target
     @options = { :l => lexer, :f => format, :O => 'encoding=utf-8' }
   end
 
diff --git a/test/test_tags.rb b/test/test_tags.rb
index ac92deda..d25aa705 100644
--- a/test/test_tags.rb
+++ b/test/test_tags.rb
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ title: This is a test
 
 This document results in a markdown error with maruku
 
-{% highlight text %}
-#{code}
-{% endhighlight %}
+{% highlight text %}#{code}{% endhighlight %}
 CONTENT
     create_post(content, override)
   end
@@ -45,6 +43,16 @@ CONTENT
     end
   end
 
+  context "post content has highlight with file reference" do
+    setup do
+      fill_post("./jekyll.gemspec")
+    end
+
+    should "not embed the file" do
+      assert_match %{<pre><code class='text'>./jekyll.gemspec\n</code></pre>}, @result
+    end
+  end
+
   context "post content has highlight tag with UTF character" do
     setup do
       fill_post("Æ")