diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/MarkdownComponents.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/MarkdownComponents.tsx
index 7db3fa668a..d647147151 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/MarkdownComponents.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/MarkdownComponents.tsx
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export const a: React.ElementType = memo(({ href, children }: TAnchorProps) => {
   }, [user?.id, href]);
 
   const { refetch: downloadFile } = useFileDownload(user?.id ?? '', file_id);
-  const props: { target?: string; onClick?: React.MouseEventHandler } = { target: '_new' };
+  const props: { target?: string; onClick?: React.MouseEventHandler } = { target: '_blank' };
 
   if (!file_id || !filename) {
     return (
diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/MarkdownLite.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/MarkdownLite.tsx
index 65efe2f256..24980d8a90 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/MarkdownLite.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/MarkdownLite.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ const MarkdownLite = memo(
               ]}
               /** @ts-ignore */
               rehypePlugins={rehypePlugins}
-              // linkTarget="_new"
               components={
                 {
                   code: codeExecution ? code : codeNoExecution,