# External Links open a new tab and also replace the current page

**URL:** <https://forum.telescopius.com/t/external-links-open-a-new-tab-and-also-replace-the-current-page/550>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [July 7, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.telescopius.com/t/external-links-open-a-new-tab-and-also-replace-the-current-page/550 "2022-07-07T14:40:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![DaveAuld](https://forum.telescopius.com/user_avatar/forum.telescopius.com/daveauld/32/323_2.png) [@DaveAuld](https://forum.telescopius.com/u/DaveAuld)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.telescopius.com/t/external-links-open-a-new-tab-and-also-replace-the-current-page/550/1 "2022-07-07T14:40:15Z")

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When clicking a ‘website’ external link on a users profile, the website is opened in a new tab, but it also replaces the current page with the website, so you end up have 2 tabs of the website and no telescopius page.

![telescopius_bug](https://forum.telescopius.com/uploads/default/original/1X/df5254cb3298298050fcb3607174f4d69ac548b9.png)

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**Author:** ![sebagr](https://forum.telescopius.com/user_avatar/forum.telescopius.com/sebagr/32/6_2.png) [@sebagr](https://forum.telescopius.com/u/sebagr)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.telescopius.com/t/external-links-open-a-new-tab-and-also-replace-the-current-page/550/2 "2022-10-11T13:44:02Z")

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Thank you for your report, Dave. I’ve found this only happened on Firefox and I couldn’t reproduce it on my local environment, but I have just managed to fix it and will release the fix soon. Thanks again!