diff --git a/searx/preferences.py b/searx/preferences.py
index e19ae7502..ed7b6f6cd 100644
--- a/searx/preferences.py
+++ b/searx/preferences.py
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ class Preferences(object):
                                    'safesearch': MapSetting(settings['search']['safe_search'], map={'0': 0,
                                                                                                     '1': 1,
                                                                                                     '2': 2}),
-                                   'theme': EnumStringSetting(settings['ui']['default_theme'], choices=themes)}
+                                   'theme': EnumStringSetting(settings['ui']['default_theme'], choices=themes),
+                                   'results_on_new_tab': MapSetting(False, map={'0': False, '1': True})}
 
         self.engines = EnginesSetting('engines', choices=engines)
         self.plugins = PluginsSetting('plugins', choices=plugins)
diff --git a/searx/templates/courgette/404.html b/searx/templates/courgette/404.html
index 465039e3a..77f1287ab 100644
--- a/searx/templates/courgette/404.html
+++ b/searx/templates/courgette/404.html
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 {% block content %}
 <div class="center">
     <h1>{{ _('Page not found') }}</h1>
-    <p>{{ _('Go to <a href="/">search page</a>.') }}</p>
+    {% autoescape false %}
+    <p>{{ _('Go to %(search_page)s.', search_page='<a href="{}">{}</a>'.decode('utf-8').format(url_for('index'), _('search page'))) }}</p>
+    {% endautoescape %}
 </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/code.html b/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/code.html
index 726f305cb..953617e84 100644
--- a/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/code.html
+++ b/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/code.html
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <div class="result {{ result.class }}">
-    <h3 class="result_title">{% if result['favicon'] %}<img width="14" height="14" class="favicon" src="static/{{theme}}/img/icon_{{result['favicon']}}.ico" alt="{{result['favicon']}}" />{% endif %}<a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
+    <h3 class="result_title">{% if result['favicon'] %}<img width="14" height="14" class="favicon" src="static/{{theme}}/img/icon_{{result['favicon']}}.ico" alt="{{result['favicon']}}" />{% endif %}<a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
     {% if result.publishedDate %}<span class="published_date">{{ result.publishedDate }}</span>{% endif %}
     <p class="content">{% if result.img_src %}<img src="{{ image_proxify(result.img_src) }}" class="image" />{% endif %}{% if result.content %}{{ result.content|safe }}<br class="last"/>{% endif %}</p>
-    {% if result.repository %}<p class="content"><a href="{{ result.repository|safe }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ result.repository }}</a></p>{% endif %}
+    {% if result.repository %}<p class="content"><a href="{{ result.repository|safe }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ result.repository }}</a></p>{% endif %}
     <div dir="ltr">
     {{ result.codelines|code_highlighter(result.code_language)|safe }}
 	</div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/default.html b/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/default.html
index 585ecf3f5..5f2ead63f 100644
--- a/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/default.html
+++ b/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/default.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     {% endif %}
 
     <div>
-        <h3 class="result_title"><a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
+        <h3 class="result_title"><a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
         {% if result.publishedDate %}<span class="published_date">{{ result.publishedDate }}</span>{% endif %}
         <p class="content">{% if result.content %}{{ result.content|safe }}<br />{% endif %}</p>
         <p class="url">{{ result.pretty_url }}&lrm;</p>
diff --git a/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/images.html b/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/images.html
index 87fc7744c..49acb3b61 100644
--- a/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/images.html
+++ b/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/images.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="image_result">
     <p>
-        <a href="{{ result.img_src }}" rel="noreferrer"><img src="{% if result.thumbnail_src %}{{ image_proxify(result.thumbnail_src) }}{% else %}{{ image_proxify(result.img_src) }}{% endif %}" title="{{ result.title|striptags }}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }}"/></a>
-        <span class="url"><a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer" class="small_font">{{ _('original context') }}</a></span>
+        <a href="{{ result.img_src }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}><img src="{% if result.thumbnail_src %}{{ image_proxify(result.thumbnail_src) }}{% else %}{{ image_proxify(result.img_src) }}{% endif %}" title="{{ result.title|striptags }}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }}"/></a>
+        <span class="url"><a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %} class="small_font">{{ _('original context') }}</a></span>
     </p>
 </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/map.html b/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/map.html
index 585ecf3f5..5f2ead63f 100644
--- a/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/map.html
+++ b/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/map.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     {% endif %}
 
     <div>
-        <h3 class="result_title"><a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
+        <h3 class="result_title"><a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
         {% if result.publishedDate %}<span class="published_date">{{ result.publishedDate }}</span>{% endif %}
         <p class="content">{% if result.content %}{{ result.content|safe }}<br />{% endif %}</p>
         <p class="url">{{ result.pretty_url }}&lrm;</p>
diff --git a/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/torrent.html b/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/torrent.html
index 33b574244..2fd8395ad 100644
--- a/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/torrent.html
+++ b/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/torrent.html
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
     {% if "icon_"~result.engine~".ico" in favicons %}
     <img width="14" height="14" class="favicon" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/icons/icon_'+result.engine+'.ico') }}" alt="{{result.engine}}" />
     {% endif %}
-    <h3 class="result_title"><a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
+    <h3 class="result_title"><a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
     {% if result.content %}<span class="content">{{ result.content|safe }}</span><br />{% endif %}
     <span class="stats">{{ _('Seeder') }} : {{ result.seed }}, {{ _('Leecher') }} : {{ result.leech }}</span><br />
     <span>
         {% if result.magnetlink %}<a href="{{ result.magnetlink }}" class="magnetlink">{{ _('magnet link') }}</a>{% endif %} 
-        {% if result.torrentfile %}<a href="{{ result.torrentfile }}" class="torrentfile" rel="noreferrer">{{ _('torrent file') }}</a>{% endif %}
+        {% if result.torrentfile %}<a href="{{ result.torrentfile }}" class="torrentfile" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ _('torrent file') }}</a>{% endif %}
     </span>
     <p class="url">{{ result.pretty_url }}&lrm;</p>
 </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/videos.html b/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/videos.html
index ceed8b28f..b3e19e024 100644
--- a/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/videos.html
+++ b/searx/templates/courgette/result_templates/videos.html
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     <img width="14" height="14" class="favicon" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/icons/icon_'+result.engine+'.ico') }}" alt="{{result.engine}}" />
 	{% endif %}
 
-    <h3 class="result_title"><a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
+    <h3 class="result_title"><a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
     {% if result.publishedDate %}<span class="published_date">{{ result.publishedDate }}</span><br />{% endif %}
-    <a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer"><img width="400" src="{{ image_proxify(result.thumbnail) }}" title="{{ result.title|striptags }}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }}"/></a>
+    <a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}><img width="400" src="{{ image_proxify(result.thumbnail) }}" title="{{ result.title|striptags }}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }}"/></a>
     <p class="url">{{ result.pretty_url }}&lrm;</p>
 </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/default/404.html b/searx/templates/default/404.html
index 18012f2ac..1d88f86c4 100644
--- a/searx/templates/default/404.html
+++ b/searx/templates/default/404.html
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 {% block content %}
 <div class="center">
     <h1>{{ _('Page not found') }}</h1>
-    <p>{{ _('Go to <a href="/">search page</a>.') }}</p>
+    {% autoescape false %}
+    <p>{{ _('Go to %(search_page)s.', search_page='<a href="{}">{}</a>'.decode('utf-8').format(url_for('index'), _('search page'))) }}</p>
+    {% endautoescape %}
 </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/searx/templates/default/infobox.html b/searx/templates/default/infobox.html
index ce26ac578..4dd25fabd 100644
--- a/searx/templates/default/infobox.html
+++ b/searx/templates/default/infobox.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <div class="urls">
         <ul>
             {% for url in infobox.urls %}
-            <li class="url"><bdi><a href="{{ url.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ url.title }}</a></bdi></li>
+            <li class="url"><bdi><a href="{{ url.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ url.title }}</a></bdi></li>
             {% endfor %}
         </ul>
     </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/default/preferences.html b/searx/templates/default/preferences.html
index a47dba458..1de9d2275 100644
--- a/searx/templates/default/preferences.html
+++ b/searx/templates/default/preferences.html
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@
         </select>
         </p>
     </fieldset>
+    <fieldset>
+        <legend>{{ _('Results on new tabs') }}</legend>
+        <p>
+            <select name='results_on_new_tab'>
+                <option value="1" {% if results_on_new_tab %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ _('On') }}</option>
+                <option value="0" {% if not results_on_new_tab %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ _('Off')}}</option>
+            </select>
+        </p>
+    </fieldset>
     <fieldset>
     <legend>{{ _('Currently used search engines') }}</legend>
 
diff --git a/searx/templates/default/result_templates/code.html b/searx/templates/default/result_templates/code.html
index ad1d97e9e..9e3ed20af 100644
--- a/searx/templates/default/result_templates/code.html
+++ b/searx/templates/default/result_templates/code.html
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <div class="result {{ result.class }}">
-    <h3 class="result_title"> {% if result['favicon'] %}<img width="14" height="14" class="favicon" src="static/{{theme}}/img/icon_{{result['favicon']}}.ico" alt="{{result['favicon']}}" />{% endif %}<a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
-    <p class="url">{{ result.pretty_url }}&lrm; <a class="cache_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ _('cached') }}</a></p>
+    <h3 class="result_title"> {% if result['favicon'] %}<img width="14" height="14" class="favicon" src="static/{{theme}}/img/icon_{{result['favicon']}}.ico" alt="{{result['favicon']}}" />{% endif %}<a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
+    <p class="url">{{ result.pretty_url }}&lrm; <a class="cache_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ _('cached') }}</a></p>
     {% if result.publishedDate %}<p class="published_date">{{ result.publishedDate }}</p>{% endif %}
     <p class="content">{% if result.img_src %}<img src="{{ image_proxify(result.img_src) }}" class="image" />{% endif %}{% if result.content %}{{ result.content|safe }}<br class="last"/>{% endif %}</p>
-    {% if result.repository %}<p class="result-content"><a href="{{ result.repository|safe }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ result.repository }}</a></p>{% endif %}
+    {% if result.repository %}<p class="result-content"><a href="{{ result.repository|safe }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ result.repository }}</a></p>{% endif %}
     
     <div dir="ltr">
     {{ result.codelines|code_highlighter(result.code_language)|safe }}
diff --git a/searx/templates/default/result_templates/default.html b/searx/templates/default/result_templates/default.html
index 89091e280..da091174d 100644
--- a/searx/templates/default/result_templates/default.html
+++ b/searx/templates/default/result_templates/default.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="result {{ result.class }}">
-    <h3 class="result_title">{% if "icon_"~result.engine~".ico" in favicons %}<img width="14" height="14" class="favicon" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/icons/icon_'+result.engine+'.ico') }}" alt="{{result.engine}}" />{% endif %}<a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
-    <p class="url">{{ result.pretty_url }}&lrm; <a class="cache_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ _('cached') }}</a>
+    <h3 class="result_title">{% if "icon_"~result.engine~".ico" in favicons %}<img width="14" height="14" class="favicon" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/icons/icon_'+result.engine+'.ico') }}" alt="{{result.engine}}" />{% endif %}<a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
+    <p class="url">{{ result.pretty_url }}&lrm; <a class="cache_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ _('cached') }}</a>
     {% if result.publishedDate %}<span class="published_date">{{ result.publishedDate }}</span>{% endif %}</p>
     <p class="content">{% if result.img_src %}<img src="{{ image_proxify(result.img_src) }}" class="image" />{% endif %}{% if result.content %}{{ result.content|safe }}<br class="last"/>{% endif %}</p>
 </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/default/result_templates/images.html b/searx/templates/default/result_templates/images.html
index d85f841ae..00f62abcc 100644
--- a/searx/templates/default/result_templates/images.html
+++ b/searx/templates/default/result_templates/images.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="image_result">
     <p>
-        <a href="{{ result.img_src }}" rel="noreferrer"><img src="{% if result.thumbnail_src %}{{ image_proxify(result.thumbnail_src) }}{% else %}{{ image_proxify(result.img_src) }}{% endif %}" title="{{ result.title|striptags }}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }}" /></a>
-        <span class="url"><a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer" class="small_font">{{ _('original context') }}</a></span>
+        <a href="{{ result.img_src }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}><img src="{% if result.thumbnail_src %}{{ image_proxify(result.thumbnail_src) }}{% else %}{{ image_proxify(result.img_src) }}{% endif %}" title="{{ result.title|striptags }}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }}" /></a>
+        <span class="url"><a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %} class="small_font">{{ _('original context') }}</a></span>
     </p>
 </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/default/result_templates/map.html b/searx/templates/default/result_templates/map.html
index d413742e7..0200e0f6b 100644
--- a/searx/templates/default/result_templates/map.html
+++ b/searx/templates/default/result_templates/map.html
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     {% endif %}
 
     <div>
-        <h3 class="result_title"><a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
-        <p class="url">{{ result.pretty_url }}&lrm; <a class="cache_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ _('cached') }}</a>
+        <h3 class="result_title"><a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
+        <p class="url">{{ result.pretty_url }}&lrm; <a class="cache_link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ _('cached') }}</a>
         {% if result.publishedDate %}<span class="published_date">{{ result.publishedDate }}</span>{% endif %}</p>
         <p class="content">{% if result.img_src %}<img src="{{ image_proxify(result.img_src) }}" class="image" />{% endif %}{% if result.content %}{{ result.content|safe }}<br class="last"/>{% endif %}</p>
     </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/default/result_templates/torrent.html b/searx/templates/default/result_templates/torrent.html
index 4b2522ad0..67e058ae5 100644
--- a/searx/templates/default/result_templates/torrent.html
+++ b/searx/templates/default/result_templates/torrent.html
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   {% if "icon_"~result.engine~".ico" in favicons %}
     <img width="14" height="14" class="favicon" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/icons/icon_'+result.engine+'.ico') }}" alt="{{result.engine}}" />
   {% endif %}
-    <h3 class="result_title"><a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
+    <h3 class="result_title"><a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
     <p class="url">{{ result.pretty_url }}&lrm;</p>
     {% if result.content %}<p class="content">{{ result.content|safe }}</p>{% endif %}
     <p>
         {% if result.magnetlink %}<a href="{{ result.magnetlink }}" class="magnetlink">{{ _('magnet link') }}</a>{% endif %} 
-        {% if result.torrentfile %}<a href="{{ result.torrentfile }}" rel="noreferrer" class="torrentfile">{{ _('torrent file') }}</a>{% endif %} - 
+        {% if result.torrentfile %}<a href="{{ result.torrentfile }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %} class="torrentfile">{{ _('torrent file') }}</a>{% endif %} - 
         <span class="stats">{{ _('Seeder') }} : {{ result.seed }}, {{ _('Leecher') }} : {{ result.leech }}</span>
     </p>
 </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/default/result_templates/videos.html b/searx/templates/default/result_templates/videos.html
index 5a377b70f..727f44c71 100644
--- a/searx/templates/default/result_templates/videos.html
+++ b/searx/templates/default/result_templates/videos.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="result">
-    <h3 class="result_title">{% if "icon_"~result.engine~".ico" in favicons %}<img width="14" height="14" class="favicon" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/icons/icon_'+result.engine+'.ico') }}" alt="{{result.engine}}" />{% endif %}<a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
+    <h3 class="result_title">{% if "icon_"~result.engine~".ico" in favicons %}<img width="14" height="14" class="favicon" src="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/icons/icon_'+result.engine+'.ico') }}" alt="{{result.engine}}" />{% endif %}<a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
     {% if result.publishedDate %}<span class="published_date">{{ result.publishedDate }}</span><br />{% endif %}
-    <a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer"><img class="thumbnail" src="{{ image_proxify(result.thumbnail) }}" title="{{ result.title|striptags }}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }}"/></a>
+    <a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}><img class="thumbnail" src="{{ image_proxify(result.thumbnail) }}" title="{{ result.title|striptags }}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }}"/></a>
     <p class="url">{{ result.url }}&lrm;</p>
 </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/404.html b/searx/templates/oscar/404.html
index 39836ce0e..11d789564 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/404.html
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/404.html
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 {% block content %}
 <div class="text-center">
     <h1>{{ _('Page not found') }}</h1>
-    <p>{{ _('Go to <a href="/">search page</a>.') }}</p>
+    {% autoescape false %}
+    <p>{{ _('Go to %(search_page)s.', search_page='<a href="{}">{}</a>'.decode('utf-8').format(url_for('index'), _('search page'))) }}</p>
+    {% endautoescape %}
 </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/infobox.html b/searx/templates/oscar/infobox.html
index 70d12f2fb..c98fb0e63 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/infobox.html
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/infobox.html
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{% from 'oscar/macros.html' import result_link with context %}
 <div class="panel panel-default infobox">
     <div class="panel-heading">
         <h4 class="panel-title infobox_part"><bdi>{{ infobox.infobox }}</bdi></h4>
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
         <div class="infobox_part">
             <bdi>
             {% for url in infobox.urls %}
-            <p class="btn btn-default btn-xs"><a href="{{ url.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ url.title }}</a></p>
+            <p class="btn btn-default btn-xs">{{ result_link(url.url, url.title) }}</a></p>
             {% endfor %}
             </bdi>
         </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/macros.html b/searx/templates/oscar/macros.html
index bf51d5940..06881db02 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/macros.html
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/macros.html
@@ -9,16 +9,20 @@
     <img width="32" height="32" class="favicon" src="static/themes/oscar/img/icons/{{ favicon }}.png" alt="{{ favicon }}" />
 {%- endmacro %}
 
+{%- macro result_link(url, title, classes='') -%}
+<a href="{{ url }}" {% if classes %}class="{{ classes }} "{% endif %}{% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ title }}</a>
+{%- endmacro -%}
+
 <!-- Draw result header -->
-{% macro result_header(result, favicons) -%} 
-    <h4 class="result_header">{% if result.engine~".png" in favicons %}{{ draw_favicon(result.engine) }} {% endif %}<a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h4>
+{% macro result_header(result, favicons) -%}
+<h4 class="result_header">{% if result.engine~".png" in favicons %}{{ draw_favicon(result.engine) }} {% endif %}{{ result_link(result.url, result.title|safe) }}</h4>
 {%- endmacro %}
 
 <!-- Draw result sub header -->
 {% macro result_sub_header(result) -%}
     {% if result.publishedDate %}<time class="text-muted" datetime="{{ result.pubdate }}" >{{ result.publishedDate }}</time>{% endif %}
-    {% if result.magnetlink %}<small> &bull; <a href="{{ result.magnetlink }}" class="magnetlink">{{ icon('magnet') }} {{ _('magnet link') }}</a></small>{% endif %}
-    {% if result.torrentfile %}<small> &bull; <a href="{{ result.torrentfile }}" class="torrentfile" rel="noreferrer">{{ icon('download-alt') }} {{ _('torrent file') }}</a></small>{% endif %}
+    {% if result.magnetlink %}<small> &bull; {{ result_link(result.magnetlink, icon('magnet') + _('magnet link'), "magnetlink") }}</small>{% endif %}
+    {% if result.torrentfile %}<small> &bull; {{ result_link(result.torrentfile, icon('download-alt') + _('torrent file'), "torrentfile") }}</small>{% endif %}
 {%- endmacro %}
 
 <!-- Draw result footer -->
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@
     {% for engine in result.engines %}
         <span class="label label-default">{{ engine }}</span>
     {% endfor %}
-    <small><a class="text-info" href="https://web.archive.org/web/{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ icon('link') }} {{ _('cached') }}</a></small>
+    <small>{{ result_link("https://web.archive.org/web/" + result.url, icon('link') + _('cached'), "text-info") }}</small>
 </div>
     <div class="text-muted"><small>{{ result.pretty_url }}</small></div>
 {%- endmacro %}
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@
     {% for engine in result.engines %}
         <span class="label label-default">{{ engine }}</span>
     {% endfor %}
-    <small><a class="text-info" href="https://web.archive.org/web/{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ icon('link') }} {{ _('cached') }}</a></small>
+    <small>{{ result_link("https://web.archive.org/web/" + result.url, icon('link') + _('cached'), "text-info") }}</small>
     <div class="text-muted"><small>{{ result.pretty_url }}</small></div>
 {%- endmacro %}
 
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/preferences.html b/searx/templates/oscar/preferences.html
index 0e3848b7c..283b7ba88 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/preferences.html
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/preferences.html
@@ -117,6 +117,15 @@
                             <option value="pointhi" {% if cookies['oscar-style'] == 'pointhi' %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>Pointhi</option>
                         </select>
                     {{ preferences_item_footer(_('Choose style for this theme'), _('Style'), rtl) }}
+
+                    {% set label = _('Results on new tabs') %}
+                    {% set info = _('Open result links on new browser tabs') %}
+                    {{ preferences_item_header(info, label, rtl) }}
+                        <select class="form-control" name='results_on_new_tab'>
+                            <option value="1" {% if results_on_new_tab %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ _('On') }}</option>
+                            <option value="0" {% if not results_on_new_tab %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ _('Off')}}</option>
+                        </select>
+                    {{ preferences_item_footer(info, label, rtl) }}
                 </div>
                 </fieldset>
             </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/code.html b/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/code.html
index 582a2149c..ba74d0333 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/code.html
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/code.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 {% if result.content %}<p class="result-content">{{ result.content|safe }}</p>{% endif %}
 
-{% if result.repository %}<p class="result-content">{{ icon('file') }} <a href="{{ result.repository|safe }}" rel="noreferrer">{{ result.repository }}</a></p>{% endif %}
+{% if result.repository %}<p class="result-content">{{ icon('file') }} <a href="{{ result.repository }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}>{{ result.repository }}</a></p>{% endif %}
 
 <div dir="ltr">
 {{ result.codelines|code_highlighter(result.code_language)|safe }}
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/default.html b/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/default.html
index f283693c3..3ed0f3122 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/default.html
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/default.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% from 'oscar/macros.html' import result_header, result_sub_header, result_footer, result_footer_rtl, icon %}
+{% from 'oscar/macros.html' import result_header, result_sub_header, result_footer, result_footer_rtl, icon with context %}
 
 {{ result_header(result, favicons) }}
 {{ result_sub_header(result) }}
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/images.html b/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/images.html
index 1bfff0a1a..2d94ea6a5 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/images.html
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/images.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% from 'oscar/macros.html' import draw_favicon %}
 
-<a href="{{ result.img_src }}" rel="noreferrer" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#modal-{{ index }}">
+<a href="{{ result.img_src }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %} data-toggle="modal" data-target="#modal-{{ index }}">
     <img src="{% if result.thumbnail_src %}{{ image_proxify(result.thumbnail_src) }}{% else %}{{ image_proxify(result.img_src) }}{% endif %}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }}" title="{{ result.title|striptags }}" class="img-thumbnail">
 </a>
 
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
                 <span class="label label-default pull-right">{{ result.engine }}</span>
                 <p class="text-muted pull-left">{{ result.pretty_url }}</p>
                 <div class="clearfix"></div>
-                <a href="{{ result.img_src }}" rel="noreferrer" class="btn btn-default">{{ _('Get image') }}</a>
-                <a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer" class="btn btn-default">{{ _('View source') }}</a>
+                <a href="{{ result.img_src }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %} class="btn btn-default">{{ _('Get image') }}</a>
+                <a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %} class="btn btn-default">{{ _('View source') }}</a>
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/videos.html b/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/videos.html
index af4841453..36fb26240 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/videos.html
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/result_templates/videos.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 <div class="container-fluid">
     <div class="row">
-        <a href="{{ result.url }}" rel="noreferrer"><img class="thumbnail col-xs-6 col-sm-4 col-md-4 result-content" src="{{ image_proxify(result.thumbnail) }}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }} {{ result.engine }}" /></a>
+        <a href="{{ result.url }}" {% if results_on_new_tab %}target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% else %}rel="noreferrer"{% endif %}><img class="thumbnail col-xs-6 col-sm-4 col-md-4 result-content" src="{{ image_proxify(result.thumbnail) }}" alt="{{ result.title|striptags }} {{ result.engine }}" /></a>
         {% if result.content %}<p class="col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-md-8 result-content">{{ result.content|safe }}</p>{% endif %}
     </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/pix-art/404.html b/searx/templates/pix-art/404.html
index 27e89ae02..592e8610f 100644
--- a/searx/templates/pix-art/404.html
+++ b/searx/templates/pix-art/404.html
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 {% block content %}
 <div class="center">
     <h1>{{ _('Page not found') }}</h1>
-    <p>{{ _('Go to <a href="/">search page</a>.') }}</p>
+    {% autoescape false %}
+    <p>{{ _('Go to %(search_page)s.', search_page='<a href="{}">{}</a>'.decode('utf-8').format(url_for('index'), _('search page'))) }}</p>
+    {% endautoescape %}
 </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index e118fee2b..800bde004 100644
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ def render(template_name, override_theme=None, **kwargs):
 
     kwargs['instance_name'] = settings['general']['instance_name']
 
+    kwargs['results_on_new_tab'] = request.preferences.get_value('results_on_new_tab')
+
     kwargs['scripts'] = set()
     for plugin in request.user_plugins:
         for script in plugin.js_dependencies:
@@ -338,7 +340,11 @@ def render(template_name, override_theme=None, **kwargs):
 def pre_request():
     # merge GET, POST vars
     preferences = Preferences(themes, categories.keys(), engines, plugins)
-    preferences.parse_cookies(request.cookies)
+    try:
+        preferences.parse_cookies(request.cookies)
+    except:
+        # TODO throw error message to the user
+        logger.warning('Invalid config')
     request.preferences = preferences
 
     request.form = dict(request.form.items())
@@ -553,6 +559,7 @@ def preferences():
     lang = request.preferences.get_value('language')
     disabled_engines = request.preferences.engines.get_disabled()
     allowed_plugins = request.preferences.plugins.get_enabled()
+    results_on_new_tab = request.preferences.get_value('results_on_new_tab')
 
     # stats for preferences page
     stats = {}