diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index 4d9e68a..4233adf 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ function handleMessage(request, sender, sendResponse) {
   browser.storage.sync.get({orangeIcon: false}).then(function(options){
 
     let popup = new URL(browser.runtime.getURL('popup/popup.html'));
+    popup.searchParams.set('tabId', sender.tab.id.toString());
     popup.searchParams.set('feeds', JSON.stringify(request));
 
     if (options.orangeIcon) {
diff --git a/popup/popup.js b/popup/popup.js
index 879e7f9..4207a08 100644
--- a/popup/popup.js
+++ b/popup/popup.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {
   const feedList = document.getElementById('feedList');
 
   const url = new URL(location.href);
+  // `+` converts the string to an number
+  const tabId = +url.searchParams.get('tabId');
   const feeds = JSON.parse(url.searchParams.get('feeds'));
 
   for (feed_url in feeds) {
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {
       let url = elem.getAttribute("data-href");
       if (url) {
         if (options.newTab)
-          browser.tabs.create({url: url});
+          browser.tabs.create({url: url, openerTabId: tabId});
         else
           browser.tabs.update({url: url}).then(onUpdated, onError);
       }