diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/pool/pool.component.html b/frontend/src/app/components/pool/pool.component.html
index f98794b68..35bad3af7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/pool/pool.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/pool/pool.component.html
@@ -267,11 +267,13 @@
                     <tbody>
                       <tr>
                         @for (branch of job.merkleBranches; track $index) {
-                          @if ($index === 0 && branch) {
-                            <a [routerLink]="['/tx' | relativeUrl, reverseHash(branch)]"><td class="merkle" [style.background-color]="branch ? '#' + branch.slice(0, 6) : ''"><fa-icon [icon]="['fas', 'external-link-alt']" [fixedWidth]="true" style="vertical-align: text-top; font-size: 14px; color: white"></fa-icon></td></a>
-                          } @else {
-                            <td class="merkle" [style.background-color]="branch ? '#' + branch.slice(0, 6) : ''"></td>
-                          }
+                          <td class="merkle" [style.background-color]="branch ? '#' + branch.slice(0, 6) : ''">
+                            @if ($index === 0 && branch) {
+                              <a [routerLink]="['/tx' | relativeUrl, reverseHash(branch)]" class="cell-link">
+                                <fa-icon [icon]="['fas', 'external-link-alt']" [fixedWidth]="true" style="vertical-align: text-top; font-size: 14px; color: white"></fa-icon>
+                              </a>
+                            }
+                          </td>
                         }
                         @for (_ of [].constructor(Math.max(0, 12 - job.merkleBranches.length)); track $index) {
                           <td class="merkle empty-branch"></td>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/pool/pool.component.scss b/frontend/src/app/components/pool/pool.component.scss
index fa94227bd..26e6008b6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/pool/pool.component.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/pool/pool.component.scss
@@ -241,6 +241,19 @@ div.scrollable {
   td {
     position: relative;
     height: 2em;
+
+    .cell-link {
+      position: absolute;
+      top: 0;
+      left: 0;
+      width: 100%;
+      height: 100%;
+      color: inherit;
+      text-decoration: none;
+      display: flex;
+      justify-content: center;
+      align-items: center;
+    }
   }
 }