diff --git a/articleview.cc b/articleview.cc
index 442213f1..51291112 100644
--- a/articleview.cc
+++ b/articleview.cc
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ ArticleView::ArticleView( QWidget * parent, ArticleNetworkAccessManager & nm,
   QWebEngineSettings * settings = ui.definition->page()->settings();
   settings->defaultSettings()->setAttribute( QWebEngineSettings::WebAttribute::LocalContentCanAccessRemoteUrls, true );
   settings->defaultSettings()->setAttribute( QWebEngineSettings::WebAttribute::LocalContentCanAccessFileUrls, true );
+  settings->defaultSettings()->setAttribute( QWebEngineSettings::WebAttribute::ErrorPageEnabled, false);
   // Load the default blank page instantly, so there would be no flicker.
 
   QString contentType;
@@ -1123,7 +1124,7 @@ void ArticleView::openLink( QUrl const & url, QUrl const & ref,
                             QString const & scrollTo,
                             Contexts const & contexts_ )
 {
-  qDebug() << "clicked url:" << url;
+  qDebug() << "open link url:" << url;
 
   Contexts contexts( contexts_ );
 
diff --git a/mainwindow.cc b/mainwindow.cc
index cfef39e5..9fe67dfe 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cc
+++ b/mainwindow.cc
@@ -1298,6 +1298,7 @@ void MainWindow::applyWebSettings()
   defaultSettings->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::PlaybackRequiresUserGesture, false);
   defaultSettings->setAttribute( QWebEngineSettings::WebAttribute::LocalContentCanAccessRemoteUrls, true );
   defaultSettings->setAttribute( QWebEngineSettings::WebAttribute::LocalContentCanAccessFileUrls, true );
+  defaultSettings->setAttribute( QWebEngineSettings::WebAttribute::ErrorPageEnabled, false);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::setupNetworkCache( int maxSize )
diff --git a/utils.hh b/utils.hh
index c8b57596..a8370104 100644
--- a/utils.hh
+++ b/utils.hh
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ inline  QString rstrip(const QString& str) {
     return "";
   }
 
+  inline bool isExternalLink( QUrl const & url )
+  {
+    return url.scheme() == "http" || url.scheme() == "https" ||
+           url.scheme() == "ftp" || url.scheme() == "mailto" ||
+           url.scheme() == "file";
+  }
+
 inline QString escape( QString const & plain )
 {
   return plain.toHtmlEscaped();
diff --git a/weburlrequestinterceptor.cpp b/weburlrequestinterceptor.cpp
index 6afec740..346cfe30 100644
--- a/weburlrequestinterceptor.cpp
+++ b/weburlrequestinterceptor.cpp
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 #include "weburlrequestinterceptor.h"
 #include <QDebug>
+#include "utils.hh"
 
 WebUrlRequestInterceptor::WebUrlRequestInterceptor(QObject *p)
   :QWebEngineUrlRequestInterceptor(p)
 {
 
 }
-void WebUrlRequestInterceptor::interceptRequest(QWebEngineUrlRequestInfo &info) {
-    if(QWebEngineUrlRequestInfo::NavigationTypeLink==info.navigationType ()&&info.resourceType ()==QWebEngineUrlRequestInfo::ResourceTypeMainFrame)
-        emit linkClicked(info.requestUrl ());
-
+void WebUrlRequestInterceptor::interceptRequest(
+    QWebEngineUrlRequestInfo &info) {
+  if (QWebEngineUrlRequestInfo::NavigationTypeLink == info.navigationType() &&
+      info.resourceType() == QWebEngineUrlRequestInfo::ResourceTypeMainFrame) {
+    emit linkClicked(info.requestUrl());
+    if (Utils::isExternalLink(info.requestUrl())) {
+      info.block(true);
+    }
+  }
 }