diff --git a/app/src/react/components/chat/messages/message/markdown/index.jsx b/app/src/react/components/chat/messages/message/markdown/index.jsx
index f47d763..10ff489 100644
--- a/app/src/react/components/chat/messages/message/markdown/index.jsx
+++ b/app/src/react/components/chat/messages/message/markdown/index.jsx
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ export default function ChatMessageMarkdown(props) {
   useLayoutEffect(() => chatMessageMarkdownExpandos($markdown.current), [$markdown]);
   return (
     <div className="chat--messageMarkdown" ref={$markdown}>
-      <ReactMarkdown disallowedTypes={['image']} source={message} />
+      <ReactMarkdown
+        disallowedTypes={['image']}
+        linkTarget="_blank"
+        source={message}
+      />
     </div>
   );
 }