diff --git a/src/components/widgets/glances/glances.jsx b/src/components/widgets/glances/glances.jsx
index d3da7200..ddf14188 100644
--- a/src/components/widgets/glances/glances.jsx
+++ b/src/components/widgets/glances/glances.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import useSWR from "swr";
+import { useContext } from "react";
 import { BiError } from "react-icons/bi";
 import { FaMemory, FaRegClock, FaThermometerHalf } from "react-icons/fa";
 import { FiCpu, FiHardDrive } from "react-icons/fi";
@@ -6,6 +7,8 @@ import { useTranslation } from "next-i18next";
 
 import UsageBar from "../resources/usage-bar";
 
+import { SettingsContext } from "utils/contexts/settings";
+
 const cpuSensorLabels = ["cpu_thermal", "Core", "Tctl"];
 
 function convertToFahrenheit(t) {
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ function convertToFahrenheit(t) {
 
 export default function Widget({ options }) {
   const { t, i18n } = useTranslation();
+  const { settings } = useContext(SettingsContext);
 
   const { data, error } = useSWR(
     `/api/widgets/glances?${new URLSearchParams({ lang: i18n.language, ...options }).toString()}`, {
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ export default function Widget({ options }) {
     : [data.fs.find((d) => d.mnt_point === options.disk)].filter((d) => d);
 
   return (
-    <div className="flex flex-col max-w:full sm:basis-auto self-center grow-0 flex-wrap">
+    <a href={options.url} target={settings.target ?? "_blank"} className="flex flex-col max-w:full sm:basis-auto self-center grow-0 flex-wrap">
       <div className="flex flex-row self-center flex-wrap justify-between">
          <div className="flex-none flex flex-row items-center mr-3 py-1.5">
           <FiCpu className="text-theme-800 dark:text-theme-200 w-5 h-5" />
@@ -218,6 +222,6 @@ export default function Widget({ options }) {
       {options.label && (
         <div className="pt-1 text-center text-theme-800 dark:text-theme-200 text-xs">{options.label}</div>
       )}
-    </div>
+    </a>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/config/widget-helpers.js b/src/utils/config/widget-helpers.js
index c03bd906..6f61b7e2 100644
--- a/src/utils/config/widget-helpers.js
+++ b/src/utils/config/widget-helpers.js
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import yaml from "js-yaml";
 
 import checkAndCopyConfig, { substituteEnvironmentVars } from "utils/config/config";
 
-const exemptWidgets = ["search"];
-
 export async function widgetsFromConfig() {
     checkAndCopyConfig("widgets.yaml");
 
@@ -32,15 +30,17 @@ export async function cleanWidgetGroups(widgets) {
     return widgets.map((widget, index) => {
         const sanitizedOptions = widget.options;
         const optionKeys = Object.keys(sanitizedOptions);
-        if (!exemptWidgets.includes(widget.type)) {
-            ["url", "username", "password", "key"].forEach((pO) => { 
-                if (optionKeys.includes(pO)) {
-                    // allow URL in search
-                    if (widget.type !== "search" && pO !== "key") {
-                        delete sanitizedOptions[pO];
-                    }
-                }
-            });
+        
+        // delete private options from the sanitized options
+        ["username", "password", "key"].forEach((pO) => { 
+            if (optionKeys.includes(pO)) {
+                delete sanitizedOptions[pO];
+            }
+        });
+        
+        // delete url from the sanitized options if the widget is not a search or glances widgeth
+        if (widget.type !== "search" && widget.type !== "glances" && optionKeys.includes("url")) {
+            delete sanitizedOptions.url;
         }
 
         return {
@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ export async function getPrivateWidgetOptions(type, widgetIndex) {
     });
   
     return (type !== undefined && widgetIndex !== undefined) ? privateOptions.find(o => o.type === type && o.options.index === parseInt(widgetIndex, 10))?.options : privateOptions;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}