diff --git a/_plugins/open_external_links_in_new_tab.rb b/_plugins/open_external_links_in_new_tab.rb
index 1d0f586..847687b 100644
--- a/_plugins/open_external_links_in_new_tab.rb
+++ b/_plugins/open_external_links_in_new_tab.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Jekyll::Hooks.register [:pages, :notes], :post_convert do |doc|
 
   if open_external_links_in_new_tab
     parsed_doc = Nokogiri::HTML(doc.content)
-    parsed_doc.css("a:not(.internal-link)").each do |link|
+    parsed_doc.css("a:not(.internal-link):not(.footnote):not(.reversefootnote)").each do |link|
       link.set_attribute('target', 'blank')
     end
     doc.content = parsed_doc.to_html
diff --git a/_sass/_style.scss b/_sass/_style.scss
index 9dccba7..b439cec 100644
--- a/_sass/_style.scss
+++ b/_sass/_style.scss
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ a {
     content: "↗";
     color: #aaaaaa;
   }
-  &.internal-link:after {
+  &.internal-link:after,
+  &.footnote:after,
+  &.reversefootnote:after {
     content: "";
   }
 }