diff --git a/emacs/init.el b/emacs/init.el
index 5cf6cae..ce1cbf6 100644
--- a/emacs/init.el
+++ b/emacs/init.el
@@ -779,6 +779,19 @@
 (setq shr-image-animate nil)        
 (setq browse-url-browser-function 'eww-browse-url)
 
+; for pages that require JS for some stupid reason...
+(defun browse-url-xdg-open (url &optional _new-window)
+  "Open URL using the default browser via `xdg-open'."
+  (interactive (browse-url-interactive-arg "URL: "))
+  (call-process "xdg-open" nil 0 nil url))
+
+(defun eww-open-in-default-browser ()
+  "Open the current EWW page in the default system browser."
+  (interactive)
+  (browse-url-xdg-open (eww-current-url)))
+
+(define-key eww-mode-map (kbd "C-c o") 'eww-open-in-default-browser)
+
 (provide 'init)
 
 ;;; init.el ends here