diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index a482b14b7..b3046bbb1 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ render_emoji = false
 
 # Whether external links are to be opened in a new tab
 # If this is true, a `rel="noopener"` will always automatically be added for security reasons
-external_links_target_blank = true
+# external_links_target_blank = false
 
 # Whether to set rel="nofollow" for all external links
 external_links_no_follow = true
diff --git a/content/mission/index.md b/content/mission/index.md
index 42012d4b0..e3783bd91 100644
--- a/content/mission/index.md
+++ b/content/mission/index.md
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ To build an open-source peer-to-peer Internet infrastructure that removes all fo
 
 {% row(style="center narrow") %}
 
-<button>[Collective Dream](https://threefold.io/blog/post/tf_grid_peoples_internet/)</button>
+<button>[Collective Dream](/blog/tf-grid-peoples-internet/)</button>
 
 |||
 
-<button>[Planet & People First](https://threefold.io/blog/post/planet_first_people_first/)</button>
+<button>[Planet & People First](/blog/planet-first-people-first/)</button>
 
 |||
 
diff --git a/templates/shortcodes/row.html b/templates/shortcodes/row.html
index 1e72ad2a4..5950f30ad 100644
--- a/templates/shortcodes/row.html
+++ b/templates/shortcodes/row.html
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ Parameters:
 {% endif %}
 
 <!-- makes external links in row open in new tabs-->
-
+{% set body = body | markdown | replace(from='href="', to='target="_blank" href="') | safe %}
+{% set base_url = get_url(path="")%}
+{% set body = body | markdown | replace(from='target="_blank" href="' ~ base_url , to='href="' ~ base_url) | safe %}
 
 <!-- Splits body to columns -->
 {% set columns = body | safe | markdown | split(pat="|||") %}