diff --git a/app/pods/components/intermediate-contest-view/component.js b/app/pods/components/intermediate-contest-view/component.js
index 71bb4ac..72f3a8b 100644
--- a/app/pods/components/intermediate-contest-view/component.js
+++ b/app/pods/components/intermediate-contest-view/component.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { restartableTask, dropTask } from 'ember-concurrency-decorators';
 import { timeout } from 'ember-concurrency';
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import moment from 'moment';
+import ENV from 'hackerblocks/config/environment';
 
 export default class IntermediateContestComponent extends Component {
   @service store
@@ -114,4 +115,8 @@ export default class IntermediateContestComponent extends Component {
         console.log(err)
       })
   }
+
+  @action async openTestInNewWindow() {
+    window.open(`${ENV.publicUrl}contests/${this.contest.id}/attempt/`, 'popup')
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/pods/components/intermediate-contest-view/template.hbs b/app/pods/components/intermediate-contest-view/template.hbs
index 90aac82..9206669 100644
--- a/app/pods/components/intermediate-contest-view/template.hbs
+++ b/app/pods/components/intermediate-contest-view/template.hbs
@@ -60,19 +60,21 @@
       <div>
         {{#if contest_attempt}}
           {{#if nextRoute.route}}
-            <LinkTo
-              @route={{nextRoute.route}}
-              @model={{nextRoute.model}}
+            <button {{action 'openTestInNewWindow'}}
               class="button-solid button-orange font-sm extra-bold my-3">
               Resume Challenge
-            </LinkTo>
+            </button>
           {{else}}
-            {{#link-to
+            {{!-- {{#link-to
               nextRoute
               class="button-solid button-orange font-sm extra-bold my-3"
             }}
               Resume Challenge
-            {{/link-to}}
+            {{/link-to}} --}}
+            <button {{action 'openTestInNewWindow'}}
+              class="button-solid button-orange font-sm extra-bold my-3">
+              Resume Challenge
+            </button>
           {{/if}}
         {{else}}
           {{#if (or (not contest.acceptRegistrations) contestRegistration)}}
diff --git a/app/pods/contests/contest/index/controller.js b/app/pods/contests/contest/index/controller.js
index 6346dde..714e09d 100644
--- a/app/pods/contests/contest/index/controller.js
+++ b/app/pods/contests/contest/index/controller.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import Controller from '@ember/controller';
 import { action, computed } from '@ember/object';
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
-import { restartableTask } from 'ember-concurrency-decorators';
+import ENV from 'hackerblocks/config/environment';
 
 export default class IndexController extends Controller {
   @service store
@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@ export default class IndexController extends Controller {
   }
   @action
   onAfterCreate() {
-    this.transitionToRoute('contests.contest.attempt')
+    window.open(`${ENV.publicUrl}contests/${this.contest.id}/attempt/`, 'popup')
   }
 }