diff --git a/_plugins/open_external_links_in_new_tab.rb b/_plugins/open_external_links_in_new_tab.rb
index 847687b..fc00afe 100644
--- a/_plugins/open_external_links_in_new_tab.rb
+++ b/_plugins/open_external_links_in_new_tab.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
+# If the configuration sets `open_external_links_in_new_tab` to a truthy value,
+# add 'target=_blank' to anchor tags that don't have `internal-link` class
+
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 require 'nokogiri'
 
-# If the configuration sets `open_external_links_in_new_tab` to a truthy value,
-# add 'target=_blank' to anchor tags that don't have `internal-link` class
-Jekyll::Hooks.register [:pages, :notes], :post_convert do |doc|
+Jekyll::Hooks.register [:notes], :post_convert do |doc|
+  convert_links(doc)
+end
+
+Jekyll::Hooks.register [:pages], :post_convert do |doc|
+  # jekyll considers anything at the root as a page,
+  # we only want to consider actual pages
+  next unless doc.path.start_with?('_pages/')
+  convert_links(doc)
+end
+
+def convert_links(doc)
   open_external_links_in_new_tab = !!doc.site.config["open_external_links_in_new_tab"]
 
   if open_external_links_in_new_tab