diff --git a/Ladybird/AppKit/Application/ApplicationDelegate.mm b/Ladybird/AppKit/Application/ApplicationDelegate.mm
index 8b9e8be658b..1c84a9a1d97 100644
--- a/Ladybird/AppKit/Application/ApplicationDelegate.mm
+++ b/Ladybird/AppKit/Application/ApplicationDelegate.mm
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@
                    activateTab:(Web::HTML::ActivateTab)activate_tab
 {
     auto* controller = [self createNewTab:activate_tab fromTab:tab];
-    [controller loadURL:url.value_or(WebView::Application::chrome_options().new_tab_page_url)];
+
+    if (url.has_value()) {
+        [controller loadURL:*url];
+    }
 
     return controller;
 }
diff --git a/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/LadybirdWebView.h b/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/LadybirdWebView.h
index 3b2e17a81e3..24291f212d9 100644
--- a/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/LadybirdWebView.h
+++ b/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/LadybirdWebView.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 @protocol LadybirdWebViewObserver <NSObject>
 
-- (String const&)onCreateNewTab:(URL::URL const&)url
+- (String const&)onCreateNewTab:(Optional<URL::URL> const&)url
                     activateTab:(Web::HTML::ActivateTab)activate_tab;
 
 - (String const&)onCreateNewTab:(StringView)html
diff --git a/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/LadybirdWebView.mm b/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/LadybirdWebView.mm
index 68140b5e262..dc943218e76 100644
--- a/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/LadybirdWebView.mm
+++ b/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/LadybirdWebView.mm
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static void copy_data_to_clipboard(StringView data, NSPasteboardType pasteboard_
             return String {};
         }
         // FIXME: Create a child tab that re-uses the ConnectionFromClient of the parent tab
-        return [self.observer onCreateNewTab:"about:blank"sv activateTab:activate_tab];
+        return [self.observer onCreateNewTab:{} activateTab:activate_tab];
     };
 
     m_web_view_bridge->on_request_web_content = [weak_self]() {
diff --git a/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/Tab.mm b/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/Tab.mm
index 06868eea033..e5233700428 100644
--- a/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/Tab.mm
+++ b/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/Tab.mm
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static constexpr CGFloat const WINDOW_HEIGHT = 800;
 
 #pragma mark - LadybirdWebViewObserver
 
-- (String const&)onCreateNewTab:(URL::URL const&)url
+- (String const&)onCreateNewTab:(Optional<URL::URL> const&)url
                     activateTab:(Web::HTML::ActivateTab)activate_tab
 {
     auto* delegate = (ApplicationDelegate*)[NSApp delegate];
diff --git a/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/TabController.mm b/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/TabController.mm
index 21ebe192674..ba93018c830 100644
--- a/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/TabController.mm
+++ b/Ladybird/AppKit/UI/TabController.mm
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static NSString* const TOOLBAR_TAB_OVERVIEW_IDENTIFIER = @"ToolbarTabOverviewIde
 
     self.tab.titlebarAppearsTransparent = NO;
 
-    [delegate createNewTab:OptionalNone {}
+    [delegate createNewTab:WebView::Application::chrome_options().new_tab_page_url
                    fromTab:[self tab]
                activateTab:Web::HTML::ActivateTab::Yes];