diff --git a/packages/apps-electron/src/electron/index.ts b/packages/apps-electron/src/electron/index.ts
index 20d2983b77..c12d852037 100644
--- a/packages/apps-electron/src/electron/index.ts
+++ b/packages/apps-electron/src/electron/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
-import { app } from 'electron';
+import { app, shell } from 'electron';
 import { registerAccountStoreHandlers } from '../main/account-store';
 import { setupAutoUpdater } from './autoUpdater';
 import { createWindow } from './window';
@@ -15,4 +15,11 @@ const onReady = async () => {
   await setupAutoUpdater();
 };
 
+app.on('web-contents-created', (e, webContents) => {
+  webContents.on('new-window', (e, url) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    shell.openExternal(url).catch(console.error);
+  });
+});
+
 app.whenReady().then(onReady).catch(console.error);