diff --git a/app/MetaGer.php b/app/MetaGer.php
index 1afb4ed05bb43d017cc336346ff17bd7836f9884..b1036f7244c272bbbd305f54f15c15326ea62b31 100644
--- a/app/MetaGer.php
+++ b/app/MetaGer.php
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ class MetaGer
         } else {
             $this->maps = false;
         }
-        $this->newtab = $request->input('newtab', 'off');
+        $this->newtab = $request->input('newtab', 'on');
         if ($this->newtab === "on") {
             $this->newtab = "_blank";
         } else {
diff --git a/resources/views/settings.blade.php b/resources/views/settings.blade.php
index 3fea094ee90e47d291f9cd121a718edc6e668a18..4d713cc771a0dd7ba16e821ca0d874d90cc6554c 100644
--- a/resources/views/settings.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/settings.blade.php
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 				<div class="col-sm-6 col-md-4 col-lg-3">
 					<label class="select-label">@lang("settings.allgemein.4.1")</label>
 					<select class="form-control settings-form-control" name="param_newtab">
-						<option value="on">@lang("settings.allgemein.4.2")</option>
-						<option value="off" selected>@lang("settings.allgemein.4.3")</option>
+						<option value="on" selected>@lang("settings.allgemein.4.2")</option>
+						<option value="off">@lang("settings.allgemein.4.3")</option>
 					</select>
 				</div>
 				<div class="col-sm-6 col-md-4 col-lg-3">