diff --git a/backend/routes/clickTtHttpPageRoutes.js b/backend/routes/clickTtHttpPageRoutes.js
index 2cecd490..45d18fdf 100644
--- a/backend/routes/clickTtHttpPageRoutes.js
+++ b/backend/routes/clickTtHttpPageRoutes.js
@@ -205,12 +205,12 @@ function injectProxyNavigationScript(html, proxyBaseUrl, pageBaseUrl, sid) {
   document.addEventListener('click', function (event) {
     const anchor = event.target && event.target.closest ? event.target.closest('a[href]') : null;
     if (!anchor) return;
+    if (event.defaultPrevented) return;
     const targetUrl = normalizeUrl(anchor.getAttribute('href'), PAGE_BASE_URL);
     if (!targetUrl || !shouldProxyUrl(targetUrl)) return;
     event.preventDefault();
-    event.stopPropagation();
     navigateViaProxy(targetUrl);
-  }, true);
+  }, false);
 
   document.addEventListener('submit', function (event) {
     const form = event.target;