diff --git a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
index 4cd105f..e8c7ae0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class AnnouncementsController < ApplicationController
           "postdate" => a.postdate,
           "author" => author,
           "is_top" => (a.is_top? ? 1 : 0),
-          "link_to_show" => link_to_show+"\" #{link_to_show[0] == '/' ? '' : 'target="_blank"'} title=\"#{title}",
+          "link_to_show" => link_to_show+"\" #{(link_to_show[0] == '/' rescue true) ? '' : 'target="_blank"'} title=\"#{title}",
           "target" => target,
           "img_src" => a.image.thumb.url || "/assets/announcement-default.jpg",
           "img_description" => desc,
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ class AnnouncementsController < ApplicationController
           "postdate" => a.postdate,
           "author" => author,
           "is_top" => (a.is_top? ? 1 : 0),
-          "link_to_show" => link_to_show+"\" #{link_to_show[0] == '/' ? '' : 'target="_blank"'} title=\"#{title}",
+          "link_to_show" => link_to_show+"\" #{(link_to_show[0] == '/' rescue true) ? '' : 'target="_blank"'} title=\"#{title}",
           "target" => target,
           "img_src" => a.image.thumb.url || "/assets/announcement-default.jpg",
           "img_description" => desc,
diff --git a/app/helpers/announcements_helper.rb b/app/helpers/announcements_helper.rb
index c3f1fa1..bb90308 100644
--- a/app/helpers/announcements_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/announcements_helper.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ module AnnouncementsHelper
       "tag_ids" => (set_tag_ids.nil? ? (a.tag_ids.map{|id| id.to_s}.to_s.gsub('"',"'") rescue '[]') : set_tag_ids),
       "postdate" => a.postdate,
       "author" => author,
-      "link_to_show" => link_to_show,
+      "link_to_show" => link_to_show+"\" #{(link_to_show[0] == '/' rescue true) ? '' : 'target="_blank"'} title=\"#{title}",
       "target" => target,
       "img_src" => image_url || "/assets/announcement-default.jpg",
       "img_description" => desc