diff --git a/assets/js/new-tabs.js b/assets/js/new-tabs.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27b8c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/js/new-tabs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// https://hugocodex.org/add-ons/new-window-fix
+//open external links in a new window
+function external_new_window() {
+  for(var c = document.getElementsByTagName("a"), a = 0;a < c.length;a++) {
+      var b = c[a];
+      if(b.getAttribute("href") && b.hostname !== location.hostname) {
+          b.target = "_blank";
+          b.rel = "noopener";
+      }
+  }
+}
+//open PDF links in a new window
+function pdf_new_window ()
+{
+  if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return false;
+  var links = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
+  for (var eleLink=0; eleLink < links.length; eleLink ++) {
+  if ((links[eleLink].href.indexOf('.pdf') !== -1)||(links[eleLink].href.indexOf('.doc') !== -1)||(links[eleLink].href.indexOf('.docx') !== -1)) {
+      links[eleLink].onclick =
+      function() {
+          window.open(this.href);
+          return false;
+      }
+  }
+  }
+}
+pdf_new_window();
+external_new_window();
diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index 06d3fbb..35f2c57 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
   </div>
 
   <footer>{{ partial "footer.html" . -}}</footer>
+  {{- $newtabjs := resources.Get "/js/new-tabs.js" | js.Build "/js/new-tabs.js" | minify | fingerprint }}
+  <script src="{{ $newtabjs.Permalink }}"></script>
 </body>
 
 </html>
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