diff --git a/src/AboutDialog.cpp b/src/AboutDialog.cpp
index f5b1eadcb..51fe0612e 100644
--- a/src/AboutDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/AboutDialog.cpp
@@ -525,6 +525,10 @@ void AboutDialog::PopulateInformationPage( ShuttleGui & S )
    // Current date
    AddBuildinfoRow(&informationStr, _("Program build date: "), __TDATE__);
 
+// Uncomment the next two lines to test hyperlinks work from here.
+//   AddBuildinfoRow(&informationStr, wxT("Link Test:"), 
+//      wxT("<a href=\"https:web.audacityteam.org\">Click bait</a>") );
+
    AddBuildinfoRow(&informationStr, _("Commit Id:"),
 #include "RevisionIdent.h"
 );
diff --git a/src/widgets/LinkingHtmlWindow.cpp b/src/widgets/LinkingHtmlWindow.cpp
index 05079fe2d..40409b28d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/LinkingHtmlWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/LinkingHtmlWindow.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void LinkingHtmlWindow::OnLinkClicked(const wxHtmlLinkInfo& link)
       OpenInDefaultBrowser( link );
       return;
    }
-   else if( !href.StartsWith( wxT("http:")))
+   else if( !href.StartsWith( wxT("http:"))  && !href.StartsWith( wxT("https:")) )
    {
       HtmlWindow::OnLinkClicked( link );
    }