diff --git a/addressbook/js/app.js b/addressbook/js/app.js
index 701a1a1a92..6f2c625645 100644
--- a/addressbook/js/app.js
+++ b/addressbook/js/app.js
@@ -172,19 +172,14 @@ function show_custom_country(selectbox)
 	}
 }
 
-function add_new_list(owner)
+function add_new_list()
 {
-	if(typeof owner == 'undefined')
-	{
-		owner = egw.user('account_id');
-	}
 	var name = window.prompt(egw.lang('Name for the distribution list'));
 	if (name)
 	{
-		egw.open_link(egw.link('/index.php',{
-			'menuaction': 'addressbook.addressbook_ui.index',
+		egw.open('','addressbook', 'list', {
 			'add_list': name,
-			'owner': owner
-		}), '_self');
+			'owner': egw.user('account_id')
+		},'_self');
 	}
 }
diff --git a/phpgwapi/js/jsapi/egw_open.js b/phpgwapi/js/jsapi/egw_open.js
index 20b17a257d..4499613d03 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/js/jsapi/egw_open.js
+++ b/phpgwapi/js/jsapi/egw_open.js
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ egw.extend('open', egw.MODULE_WND_LOCAL, function(_egw, _wnd) {
 				if (w_h[1] == 'egw_getWindowOuterHeight()') w_h[1] = egw_getWindowOuterHeight();
 				return _wnd.egw_openWindowCentered2(url, _target, w_h[0], w_h[1],false,false,true);
 			}
-			else if (typeof _wnd.egw_link_handler == 'function' && typeof target == 'undefined')
+			else if (typeof _wnd.egw_link_handler == 'function' && (typeof target == 'undefined' || target =='_self'))
 			{
 				// Use framework's link handler, if present
 				return _wnd.egw_link_handler(url,_target);