diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7fe444c..4ddc18d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ group :jekyll_plugins do
   gem "jekyll-include-cache"
   gem "jekyll-compose"
   gem "webrick"
+  gem "jekyll-target-blank"
 end
 
 # testing
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 90cca3a..9b02b37 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ GEM
     jekyll-sitemap (1.4.0)
       jekyll (>= 3.7, < 5.0)
     jekyll-swiss (1.0.0)
+    jekyll-target-blank (2.0.2)
+      jekyll (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
+      nokogiri (~> 1.10)
     jekyll-theme-architect (0.2.0)
       jekyll (> 3.5, < 5.0)
       jekyll-seo-tag (~> 2.0)
@@ -345,6 +348,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   html-proofer
   jekyll-compose
   jekyll-include-cache
+  jekyll-target-blank
   w3c_validators
   webrick
 
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 60a7028..83093cd 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ plugins:
   - jekyll-feed
   - jekyll-seo-tag
   - jekyll-sitemap
+  - jekyll-target-blank
 
 # set the proper timezone
 timezone: America/Detroit