diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/menubar.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/menubar.js
index dc894df..0a58464 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/menubar.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/menubar.js
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
var notebook_id = IPython.notebook.get_notebook_id();
var url = $('body').data('baseProjectUrl') + 'notebooks/' +
notebook_id + '?format=json';
- window.open(url,'_newtab');
+ window.location.assign(url);
});
this.element.find('#download_py').click(function () {
var notebook_id = IPython.notebook.get_notebook_id();
var url = $('body').data('baseProjectUrl') + 'notebooks/' +
notebook_id + '?format=py';
- window.open(url,'_newtab');
+ window.location.assign(url);
});
this.element.find('button#print_notebook').click(function () {
IPython.print_widget.print_notebook();