diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_content.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_content.js
index fe0d4c043..61788f350 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_content.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status_content.js
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ export default class StatusContent extends React.PureComponent {
         link.setAttribute('title', link.href);
         link.classList.add('unhandled-link');
 
+      link.setAttribute('target', '_blank');
+      link.setAttribute('rel', 'noopener nofollow noreferrer');
+
         try {
           if (tagLinks && isLinkMisleading(link)) {
             // Add a tag besides the link to display its origin
@@ -149,9 +152,6 @@ export default class StatusContent extends React.PureComponent {
           if (tagLinks && e instanceof TypeError) link.removeAttribute('href');
         }
       }
-
-      link.setAttribute('target', '_blank');
-      link.setAttribute('rel', 'noopener noreferrer');
     }
   }