diff --git a/src/components/widgets/widget/container.jsx b/src/components/widgets/widget/container.jsx
index 086d808d1..4a1fdd375 100644
--- a/src/components/widgets/widget/container.jsx
+++ b/src/components/widgets/widget/container.jsx
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import classNames from "classnames";
+import { useContext } from "react";
 
 import WidgetIcon from "./widget_icon";
 import PrimaryText from "./primary_text";
 import SecondaryText from "./secondary_text";
 import Raw from "./raw";
 
+import { SettingsContext } from "utils/contexts/settings";
+
 export function getAllClasses(options, additionalClassNames = "") {
   if (options?.style?.header === "boxedWidgets") {
     if (options?.style?.cardBlur !== undefined) {
@@ -56,10 +59,11 @@ export function getBottomBlock(children) {
 }
 
 export default function Container({ children = [], options, additionalClassNames = "" }) {
+  const { settings } = useContext(SettingsContext);
   return options.href ? (
     <a
       href={options.href}
-      target={options.target ?? "_self"}
+      target={options.target ?? settings.target ?? "_blank"}
       className={getAllClasses(options, `${additionalClassNames} widget-container`)}
     >
       {getInnerBlock(children)}