diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index f3e847ba7..8151602f9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ git9527 <github.com/git9527>
 Vova Selin <vselin12@gmail.com>
 qxo <49526356@qq.com>
 Spooghetti420 <github.com/spooghetti420>
+Danish Prakash <github.com/danishprakash>
 
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diff --git a/qt/aqt/webview.py b/qt/aqt/webview.py
index 21bd22663..6351267e7 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/webview.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/webview.py
@@ -259,6 +259,11 @@ class AnkiWebView(QWebEngineView):
     def disable_zoom(self) -> None:
         self._disable_zoom = True
 
+    def createWindow(self, windowType: QWebEnginePage.WebWindowType) -> QWebEngineView:
+        # intercept opening a new window (hrefs
+        # with target="_blank") and return view
+        return AnkiWebView()
+
     def eventFilter(self, obj: QObject, evt: QEvent) -> bool:
         if self._disable_zoom and is_gesture_or_zoom_event(evt):
             return True