diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 951646a..bd0eac9 100755
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ var options = {
   class: 'pen', // {String} class of the editor,
   debug: false, // {Boolean} false by default
   textarea: '<textarea name="content"></textarea>', // fallback for old browsers
-  list: ['bold', 'italic', 'underline'] // editor menu list
+  list: ['bold', 'italic', 'underline'], // editor menu list
+  linksInNewWindow: true // open hyperlinks in a new windows/tab
 }
 
 var editor = new Pen(options);
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ defaults = {
     'blockquote', 'h2', 'h3', 'p', 'insertorderedlist', 'insertunorderedlist',
     'indent', 'outdent', 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'createlink'
   ],
-  stay: true
+  stay: true,
+  linksInNewWindow: false
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/pen.js b/src/pen.js
index 3819be2..35cd36e 100755
--- a/src/pen.js
+++ b/src/pen.js
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@
       ],
       titles: {},
       cleanAttrs: ['id', 'class', 'style', 'name'],
-      cleanTags: ['script']
+      cleanTags: ['script'],
+      linksInNewWindow: false
     };
 
     // user-friendly config
@@ -141,6 +142,15 @@
     return commandOverall(ctx, 'insertHTML', value);
   }
 
+  function commandLink(ctx, tag, value) {
+    if (this.config.linksInNewWindow) {
+      value = '< a href="' + value + '" target="_blank">' + (selection.toString()) + '</a>';
+      return commandOverall(ctx, 'insertHTML', value);
+    } else {
+      return commandOverall(ctx, tag, value);
+    }
+  }
+
   function initToolbar(ctx) {
     var icons = '', inputStr = '<input class="pen-input" placeholder="http://" />';
 
@@ -593,8 +603,10 @@
 
     if (commandsReg.block.test(name)) {
       commandBlock(this, name);
-    } else if (commandsReg.inline.test(name) || commandsReg.source.test(name)) {
+    } else if (commandsReg.inline.test(name)) {
       commandOverall(this, name, value);
+    } else if (commandsReg.source.test(name)) {
+      commandLink(this, name, value);
     } else if (commandsReg.insert.test(name)) {
       commandInsert(this, name, value);
     } else if (commandsReg.wrap.test(name)) {