diff --git a/articleview.cc b/articleview.cc
index 4f58038d..9d5f5924 100644
--- a/articleview.cc
+++ b/articleview.cc
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "globalbroadcaster.h"
+#include "articleviewagent.hh"
 using std::map;
 using std::list;
 
@@ -1077,7 +1078,7 @@ void ArticleView::attachToJavaScript() {
   ui.definition->page()->setWebChannel(channel, QWebEngineScript::MainWorld);
 
   // register QObjects to be exposed to JavaScript
-  channel->registerObject(QStringLiteral("articleview"), this);
+  channel->registerObject(QStringLiteral("articleview"), new ArticleViewAgent(this));
 }
 
 void ArticleView::linkClicked( QUrl const & url_ )
diff --git a/articleviewagent.cc b/articleviewagent.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0317f791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/articleviewagent.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include "articleviewagent.hh"
+
+ArticleViewAgent::ArticleViewAgent(QObject *parent)
+  : QObject{parent}
+{
+
+}
+ArticleViewAgent::ArticleViewAgent(ArticleView *articleView)
+  : articleView(articleView)
+{
+
+}
+
+void ArticleViewAgent::onJsActiveArticleChanged(QString const & id){
+    articleView->onJsActiveArticleChanged(id);
+}
+
+void ArticleViewAgent::linkClickedInHtml(QUrl const & url){
+    articleView->linkClickedInHtml(url);
+}
diff --git a/articleviewagent.hh b/articleviewagent.hh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e1a6069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/articleviewagent.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#ifndef ARTICLEVIEWAGENT_HH
+#define ARTICLEVIEWAGENT_HH
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include "articleview.hh"
+
+class ArticleViewAgent : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+    ArticleView* articleView;
+  public:
+    explicit ArticleViewAgent(QObject *parent = nullptr);
+    ArticleViewAgent(ArticleView* articleView);
+
+  signals:
+
+  public slots:
+    Q_INVOKABLE void onJsActiveArticleChanged(QString const & id);
+     Q_INVOKABLE void linkClickedInHtml( QUrl const & );
+
+};
+
+#endif // ARTICLEVIEWAGENT_HH
diff --git a/goldendict.pro b/goldendict.pro
index 756cde39..ec85ff21 100644
--- a/goldendict.pro
+++ b/goldendict.pro
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ DEFINES += PROGRAM_VERSION=\\\"$$VERSION\\\"
 
 # Input
 HEADERS += folding.hh \
+    articleviewagent.hh \
     globalbroadcaster.h \
     inc_case_folding.hh \
     inc_diacritic_folding.hh \
@@ -380,6 +381,7 @@ FORMS += groups.ui \
     fulltextsearch.ui
 
 SOURCES += folding.cc \
+    articleviewagent.cc \
     globalbroadcaster.cpp \
     main.cc \
     dictionary.cc \