diff --git a/common/app/components/Nav/Nav.jsx b/common/app/components/Nav/Nav.jsx
index baf1acac2b..b508a16b92 100644
--- a/common/app/components/Nav/Nav.jsx
+++ b/common/app/components/Nav/Nav.jsx
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ export default React.createClass({
           <LinkContainer
             eventKey={ index + 1 }
             key={ content }
-            target={ target || null }
             to={ link }>
-            <NavItem>
+            <NavItem
+              target={ target || null } >
               { content }
             </NavItem>
           </LinkContainer>
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ export default React.createClass({
         <NavItem
           eventKey={ index + 1 }
           href={ link }
-          key={ content }>
+          key={ content }
+          target={ target || null }>
           { content }
         </NavItem>
       );
diff --git a/common/app/components/Nav/links.json b/common/app/components/Nav/links.json
index 698924d970..79cb418e11 100644
--- a/common/app/components/Nav/links.json
+++ b/common/app/components/Nav/links.json
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
   "link": "/map"
 }, {
   "content": "Chat",
-  "link": "//gitter.im/FreeCodeCamp/FreeCodeCamp"
+  "link": "//gitter.im/FreeCodeCamp/FreeCodeCamp",
+  "target": "_blank"
 },{
   "content": "Wiki",
   "link": "https://github.com/freecodecamp/freecodecamp/wiki/",
   "target": "_blank"
 },{
   "content": "News",
-  "link": "/news"
+  "link": "/news",
+  "target": "_blank"
 },{
   "content": "Jobs",
   "link": "/jobs",