diff --git a/layouts/_default/documents.html b/layouts/_default/documents.html
index 772e20d84eb79998b30083fd60bbce8787dab53a..1142cf4892235730584b4efc6e5acc7f1768c15b 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/documents.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/documents.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
             
             {{ if in .Name ".pdf" }} 
             {{ $url := printf "%s%s" (urls.AbsURL $path) .Name }}
-                <li> <a href="{{ $url }}" download="Vorname-Nachname-Matrikelnummer-{{ .Name }}"> {{ .Name | strings.TrimSuffix ".pdf" }} </a></li>
+                <li> <a href="{{ $url }}" download="Vorname-Nachname-Matrikelnummer-{{ .Name }}" target="_blank"> {{ .Name | strings.TrimSuffix ".pdf" }} </a></li>
             {{ end }}
         {{ end}}
     </ul>