diff --git a/components/chat/messages.tsx b/components/chat/messages.tsx
index c01d11b..5d0ef72 100644
--- a/components/chat/messages.tsx
+++ b/components/chat/messages.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { Avatar, Button, Tooltip } from '@nextui-org/react';
 import type { CallFrame } from '@gptscript-ai/gptscript';
 import Calls from './messages/calls';
 import { GoIssueReopened } from 'react-icons/go';
+import { defaultUrlTransform } from 'react-markdown';
 
 export enum MessageType {
   Alert,
@@ -30,6 +31,14 @@ const abbreviate = (name: string) => {
   return firstLetters.slice(0, 2).join('').toUpperCase();
 };
 
+// Allow links for file references in messages if it starts with file://, otherwise this will cause an empty href and cause app to reload when clicking on it
+const urlTransformAllowFiles = (u: string) => {
+  if (u.startsWith('file://')) {
+    return u;
+  }
+  return defaultUrlTransform(u);
+};
+
 const Message = React.memo(
   ({
     message,
@@ -88,6 +97,7 @@ const Message = React.memo(
                     rehypePlugins={[
                       [rehypeExternalLinks, { target: '_blank' }],
                     ]}
+                    urlTransform={urlTransformAllowFiles}
                   >
                     {message.message}
                   </Markdown>
@@ -156,6 +166,7 @@ const Message = React.memo(
                     rehypePlugins={[
                       [rehypeExternalLinks, { target: '_blank' }],
                     ]}
+                    urlTransform={urlTransformAllowFiles}
                   >
                     {message.message}
                   </Markdown>
diff --git a/electron/main.mjs b/electron/main.mjs
index 66b2917..ce94ae6 100644
--- a/electron/main.mjs
+++ b/electron/main.mjs
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ function createWindow(url) {
     // Allow navigation for internal URLs
     return { action: 'allow' };
   });
+
+  win.webContents.on('will-navigate', (event, url) => {
+    if (url.startsWith('file://')) {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      shell.openExternal(url);
+    }
+  });
 }
 
 function ensureDirExists(dir) {