diff --git a/src/gui/messagesview.cpp b/src/gui/messagesview.cpp
index c4f6e3710..74dcca9af 100644
--- a/src/gui/messagesview.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/messagesview.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QProcess>
+#include <QDesktopServices>
 
 
 MessagesView::MessagesView(QWidget *parent)
@@ -234,6 +235,8 @@ void MessagesView::openSelectedSourceArticlesExternally() {
   foreach (const QModelIndex &index, selectionModel()->selectedRows()) {
     QString link = m_sourceModel->messageAt(m_proxyModel->mapToSource(index).row()).m_url;
 
+    QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(link));
+    continue;
 #if defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
     if (!QProcess::startDetached(browser + ' ' + arguments.arg(link))) {
 #else