diff --git a/help/index.html b/help/index.html
index 4e1b156885de2628cd7be1305715e9336a840f58..2f553fc715e48e1c596d425a9218d522730ee517 100644
--- a/help/index.html
+++ b/help/index.html
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
                     <div class="col-auto" style="background-color: #ffffff;">
                         <ul>
                             <li>
-                                <a href="/help/gitlab.html"> Projektverwaltung mittels Gitlab </a>
+                                <a href="/help/gitlab.html" target="_blank"> Projektverwaltung mittels Gitlab </a>
                             </li>
                             <li>
-                                <a href="/help/gitlab-pages.html">Projektwebseiten mittels Gitlab-pages </a>
+                                <a href="/help/gitlab-pages.html" target="_blank">Projektwebseiten mittels Gitlab-pages </a>
                             </li>
                         </ul>
                     </div>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                     <div class="col-auto" style="background-color: #ffffff;">
                         <ul>
                             <li>
-                                <a href="/help/jitsi.html"> Videokonferenzen über Jitsi</a>
+                                <a href="/help/jitsi.html" target="_blank"> Videokonferenzen über Jitsi</a>
                             </li>
                         </ul>
                     </div>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
                     <div class="col-auto" style="background-color: #ffffff;">
                         <ul>
                             <li>
-                                <a href="/help/mailinglists.html"> Mailinglisten erstellen und verwalten</a>
+                                <a href="/help/mailinglists.html" target="_blank"> Mailinglisten erstellen und verwalten</a>
                             </li>
                         </ul>
                     </div>
diff --git a/js/headfoot.js b/js/headfoot.js
index 6d9b19e74881491a5356853183318ba28f82c246..90337f687bae9566b17c9bf09ec52c31d9476267 100755
--- a/js/headfoot.js
+++ b/js/headfoot.js
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ function head() {
         headlink.id="navbarDropdown" + j;
         headlink.classList.add('nav-link');
         headlink.setAttribute("role", "button");
+        if(menu[j].link =="/help/"){ // if help open in new tab
+            headlink.setAttribute("target", "_blank");
+        }
         if(itemtype=='dropdown'){
             headitem.classList.add("dropdown");
             headlink.classList.add('dropdown-toggle');