diff --git a/app/views/documents/index.html.erb b/app/views/documents/index.html.erb
index 975dff70..99951451 100644
--- a/app/views/documents/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/documents/index.html.erb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
             </p>
           </div>
           <div class="card-action nice-icon-links">
-            <%= link_to edit_document_path(document), class: 'green-text right' do %>
+            <%= link_to edit_document_path(document), class: 'green-text right', target: '_new' do %>
               <i class="material-icons"><%= Document.icon %></i> Edit
             <% end %>
             <%= link_to document_path(document), class: 'blue-text text-lighten-1' do %>
diff --git a/app/views/documents/show.html.erb b/app/views/documents/show.html.erb
index e02ab48e..bd51aea1 100644
--- a/app/views/documents/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/documents/show.html.erb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <div class="col l2 m4 smart-sidebar">
       <%= render partial: 'documents/components/smart_sidebar', locals: { document: @document } %>
 
-      <%= link_to edit_document_path(@document) do %>
+      <%= link_to edit_document_path(@document), target: '_new' do %>
         <div class="card <%= Document.color %>">
           <div class="card-content">
             <span class="card-title white-text">