diff --git a/ui/src/Main.elm b/ui/src/Main.elm
index bba9c70..c45cd79 100644
--- a/ui/src/Main.elm
+++ b/ui/src/Main.elm
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ update msg model =
                     Browser.Internal url ->
                         ( model, Nav.pushUrl model.session.key (Url.toString url), Session.none )
 
-                    _ ->
-                        Debug.todo "implement external links"
+                    Browser.External url ->
+                        ( model, Nav.load url, Session.none )
 
             UrlChanged url ->
                 -- Responds to new browser URL.
diff --git a/ui/src/Views/Page.elm b/ui/src/Views/Page.elm
index aaa3853..8ebc33d 100644
--- a/ui/src/Views/Page.elm
+++ b/ui/src/Views/Page.elm
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import Html.Attributes
         , href
         , id
         , placeholder
+        , rel
         , selected
+        , target
         , type_
         , value
         )
@@ -62,15 +64,20 @@ frame controls session page content =
         , content
         , footer []
             [ div [ id "footer" ]
-                [ a [ href "https://www.inbucket.org" ] [ text "Inbucket" ]
+                [ externalLink "https://www.inbucket.org" "Inbucket"
                 , text " is an open source projected hosted at "
-                , a [ href "https://github.com/jhillyerd/inbucket" ] [ text "GitHub" ]
+                , externalLink "https://github.com/jhillyerd/inbucket" "GitHub"
                 , text "."
                 ]
             ]
         ]
 
 
+externalLink : String -> String -> Html a
+externalLink url title =
+    a [ href url, target "_blank", rel "noopener" ] [ text title ]
+
+
 navbarLink : Session -> ActivePage -> Route -> List (Html a) -> Html a
 navbarLink session page route linkContent =
     li [ classList [ ( "navbar-active", isActive page route ) ] ]