diff --git a/src/app/child-window-handler.ts b/src/app/child-window-handler.ts
index 3b89c2886..9f39b94bd 100644
--- a/src/app/child-window-handler.ts
+++ b/src/app/child-window-handler.ts
@@ -193,13 +193,13 @@ export const handleChildWindow = (webContents: WebContents): void => {
                 }
             });
         } else {
+            event.preventDefault();
             if (newWinUrl && newWinUrl.length > 2083) {
                 logger.info(`child-window-handler: new window url length is greater than 2083, not performing any action!`);
                 return;
             }
             logger.info(`child-window-handler: new window url is ${newWinUrl} which is not of the same host,
             so opening it in the default browser!`);
-            event.preventDefault();
             windowHandler.openUrlInDefaultBrowser(newWinUrl);
         }
     };