diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 83f2ab8d6..8b4958f86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 Notable changes to Mailpit will be documented in this file.
 
+## v1.2.9
+
+### Bugfix
+- Delay 200ms to set `target="_blank"` for all rendered email links
+
+
 ## v1.2.8
 
 ### Bugfix
diff --git a/server/ui-src/templates/Message.vue b/server/ui-src/templates/Message.vue
index 2a2e9de71..06db83845 100644
--- a/server/ui-src/templates/Message.vue
+++ b/server/ui-src/templates/Message.vue
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ export default {
 			document.activeElement.blur(); // blur focus
 			document.getElementById('message-view').scrollTop = 0;
 
-			// delay until vue has rendered
-			self.$nextTick(function () {
+			// delay 0.2s until vue has rendered the iframe content
+			window.setTimeout(function () {
 				let p = document.getElementById('preview-html');
 				if (p) {
 					// make links open in new window
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export default {
 					}
 					self.resizeIframes();
 				}
-			});
+			}, 200);
 
 			// html highlighting
 			window.Prism = window.Prism || {};