diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.cpp
index de9dceb79..45869585d 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,11 @@ void GxsForumMsgItem::setup()
 
 	/* clear ui */
 	ui->titleLabel->setText(tr("Loading..."));
+	ui->titleLabel->setOpenExternalLinks(false); //To get linkActivated working
+	connect(ui->titleLabel, SIGNAL(linkActivated(QString)), this, SLOT(on_linkActivated(QString)));
 	ui->subjectLabel->clear();
+	ui->subjectLabel->setOpenExternalLinks(false); //To get linkActivated working
+	connect(ui->subjectLabel, SIGNAL(linkActivated(QString)), this, SLOT(on_linkActivated(QString)));
 	ui->timestamplabel->clear();
 	ui->parentNameLabel->clear();
 	ui->nameLabel->clear();
@@ -506,3 +510,16 @@ void GxsForumMsgItem::setAsRead()
 
 	setReadStatus(false, false);
 }
+
+void GxsForumMsgItem::on_linkActivated(QString link)
+{
+	RetroShareLink rsLink(link);
+
+	if (rsLink.valid() ) {
+		QList<RetroShareLink> rsLinks;
+		rsLinks.append(rsLink);
+		RetroShareLink::process(rsLinks);
+		removeItem();
+		return;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.h
index 35872ab9c..410a97931 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.h
@@ -46,20 +46,20 @@ public:
     uint64_t uniqueIdentifier() const override { return hash_64bits("GxsForumMsgItem " + messageId().toStdString()) ; }
 protected:
 	/* FeedItem */
-	virtual void doExpand(bool open);
-	virtual void expandFill(bool first);
+	virtual void doExpand(bool open) override;
+	virtual void expandFill(bool first) override;
 
 	/* load message data */
 	virtual void loadParentMessage(const RsGxsMessageId &parent_msg);
 
 	/* GxsGroupFeedItem */
-	virtual QString groupName();
+	virtual QString groupName() override;
 	virtual void loadGroup() override;
-	virtual RetroShareLink::enumType getLinkType() { return RetroShareLink::TYPE_FORUM; }
+	virtual RetroShareLink::enumType getLinkType() override { return RetroShareLink::TYPE_FORUM; }
 	//virtual bool isLoading();
 
 	/* GxsFeedItem */
-	virtual QString messageName();
+	virtual QString messageName() override;
 	virtual void loadMessage() override;
 	virtual void loadComment() override { return; }
 
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ private slots:
 
 	void unsubscribeForum();
 
+	void on_linkActivated(QString link);
+
 signals:
 	void vote(const RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair& msgId, bool up);