diff --git a/mobile/AndroidManifest.xml b/mobile/AndroidManifest.xml
index b260dfc2..d3fa4d8f 100644
--- a/mobile/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/mobile/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     package="com.cradle.iitc_mobile"
-    android:versionCode="8"
-    android:versionName="0.2.7" >
+    android:versionCode="9"
+    android:versionName="0.2.8" >
 
     <uses-sdk
         android:minSdkVersion="14"
diff --git a/mobile/src/com/cradle/iitc_mobile/IITC_WebViewClient.java b/mobile/src/com/cradle/iitc_mobile/IITC_WebViewClient.java
index b51fae9c..c655cbbd 100644
--- a/mobile/src/com/cradle/iitc_mobile/IITC_WebViewClient.java
+++ b/mobile/src/com/cradle/iitc_mobile/IITC_WebViewClient.java
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package com.cradle.iitc_mobile;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
+import android.net.Uri;
 import android.net.http.SslError;
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.webkit.SslErrorHandler;
 import android.webkit.WebResourceResponse;
 import android.webkit.WebView;
@@ -22,8 +25,10 @@ public class IITC_WebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
 
     private WebResourceResponse iitcjs;
     private String js = null;
+    Context context;
 
     public IITC_WebViewClient(Context c) {
+        this.context = c;
         try {
             loadIITC_JS(c);
         } catch(IOException e) {
@@ -109,4 +114,17 @@ public class IITC_WebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
             return super.shouldInterceptRequest(view, url);
         }
     }
+
+    // start non-ingress-intel-urls in another app...
+    @Override
+    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
+        if (url.contains("ingress.com/intel")) {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            Log.d("iitcm", "no ingress intel link, start external app to load url");
+            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
+            context.startActivity(intent);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
 }