diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d6054f0..3cb1665 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# v1.4.2
+##  13-02-2021
+
+1. [](#improved)
+    * added option in plugin settings to set target="\_blank" on mailto links
+
 # v1.4.1
 ##  24-11-2020
 
diff --git a/antispam.php b/antispam.php
index 34d3689..502fe37 100644
--- a/antispam.php
+++ b/antispam.php
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ private function munge($array, $string = "link")
         $string = "'".$array[4]."'";
       }
 
+      // check plugin settings
+      $config = $this->config();
+      $target = "";
+      if ($config['target']) {
+        $target = " target='_blank'";
+      }
       $txt .= "\ncoded = \"" . $coded . "\"\n" .
       " key = \"".$cipher."\"\n".
       " shift=coded.length\n".
@@ -140,7 +146,7 @@ private function munge($array, $string = "link")
       " link += (key.charAt(ltr))\n".
       " }\n".
       " }\n".
-      "document.write(\"<a href='mailto:\"+link+\"'>\"+".$string."+\"</a>\")\n" .
+      "document.write(\"<a href='mailto:\"+link+\"'$target>\"+".$string."+\"</a>\")\n" .
       "\n".
       "<" . "/script><noscript>".$this->grav['language']->translate(['PLUGIN_ANTISPAM.NOSCRIPT'])."<"."/noscript>";
       //dump($txt);
diff --git a/blueprints.yaml b/blueprints.yaml
index 6a77531..76c5bd9 100644
--- a/blueprints.yaml
+++ b/blueprints.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: Antispam
-version: 1.4.1
+version: 1.4.2
 description: Automatic obfuscation of plain text email addresses in Grav pages.
 icon: at
 author:
@@ -24,3 +24,13 @@ form:
         0: PLUGIN_ADMIN.DISABLED
       validate:
         type: bool
+    target:
+      type: toggle
+      label: PLUGIN_ANTISPAM.TARGET_BLANK
+      highlight: 0
+      default: 0
+      options:
+        1: PLUGIN_ADMIN.ENABLED
+        0: PLUGIN_ADMIN.DISABLED
+      validate:
+        type: bool
diff --git a/languages.yaml b/languages.yaml
index 051952e..64b1cdc 100644
--- a/languages.yaml
+++ b/languages.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 en:
   PLUGIN_ANTISPAM:
     NOSCRIPT: '[email address is javascript encrypted]'
+    TARGET_BLANK: 'add target="_blank" to mailto links'
 
 de:
   PLUGIN_ANTISPAM:
     NOSCRIPT: '[Mailadresse ist Javascript-verschlüsselt]'
+    TARGET_BLANK: 'als Ziel für erzeugte Mailto-Links target="_blank" setzen'