diff --git a/src/lib/data/Storage.cpp b/src/lib/data/Storage.cpp
index bee65c26..4c004e00 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/Storage.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/data/Storage.cpp
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ std::vector<Id> Storage::getActiveTokenIdsForId(Id tokenId, Id* declarationId) c
 
 std::vector<Id> Storage::getNodeIdsForLocationIds(const std::vector<Id>& locationIds) const
 {
-	std::vector<Id> nodeIds;
+	std::set<Id> nodeIds;
 
 	for (Id locationId : locationIds)
 	{
@@ -890,15 +890,15 @@ std::vector<Id> Storage::getNodeIdsForLocationIds(const std::vector<Id>& locatio
 		StorageEdge edge = m_sqliteStorage.getEdgeById(elementId);
 		if (edge.id != 0) // here we test if location is an edge.
 		{
-			nodeIds.push_back(edge.targetNodeId);
+			nodeIds.insert(edge.targetNodeId);
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			nodeIds.push_back(elementId);
+			nodeIds.insert(elementId);
 		}
 	}
 
-	return nodeIds;
+	return utility::toVector(nodeIds);
 }
 
 std::vector<Id> Storage::getTokenIdsForMatches(const std::vector<SearchMatch>& matches) const
diff --git a/src/lib/utility/utility.h b/src/lib/utility/utility.h
index f63128b4..e4758fc5 100644
--- a/src/lib/utility/utility.h
+++ b/src/lib/utility/utility.h
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ namespace utility
 	template<typename T>
 	std::vector<T> toVector(const std::deque<T>& d);
 
+	template<typename T>
+	std::vector<T> toVector(const std::set<T>& d);
+
 	template<typename T>
 	std::vector<std::string> toStrings(const std::vector<T>& d);
 
@@ -81,6 +84,14 @@ std::vector<T> utility::toVector(const std::deque<T>& d)
 	return v;
 }
 
+template<typename T>
+std::vector<T> utility::toVector(const std::set<T>& d)
+{
+	std::vector<T> v;
+	v.insert(v.begin(), d.begin(), d.end());
+	return v;
+}
+
 template<typename T>
 std::vector<std::string> utility::toStrings(const std::vector<T>& d)
 {
diff --git a/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeArea.cpp b/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeArea.cpp
index 6e62c898..3ed2cd90 100644
--- a/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeArea.cpp
+++ b/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeArea.cpp
@@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ void QtCodeArea::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
 
 		if (Qt::KeyboardModifier::ControlModifier && QApplication::keyboardModifiers())
 		{
-			// std::pair<int, int> lineColumn = toLineColumn(this->cursorForPosition(event->pos()).position());
 			m_eventPosition = event->pos();
 			setIDECursorPosition();
 		}
@@ -429,7 +428,7 @@ void QtCodeArea::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
 			std::vector<const Annotation*> annotations = getAnnotationsForPosition(cursor.position());
 
 			std::vector<Id> locationIds;
-			std::vector<Id> tokenIds;
+			std::set<Id> tokenIds;
 
 			bool allActive = true;
 			for (const Annotation* annotation : annotations)
@@ -445,7 +444,7 @@ void QtCodeArea::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
 				}
 				if (annotation->tokenId > 0)
 				{
-					tokenIds.push_back(annotation->tokenId);
+					tokenIds.insert(annotation->tokenId);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -458,9 +457,9 @@ void QtCodeArea::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
 			{
 				MessageActivateTokenLocations(locationIds).dispatch();
 			}
-			else if (tokenIds.size())
+			else if (tokenIds.size()) // fallback for links in project description
 			{
-				MessageActivateTokenIds(tokenIds).dispatch();
+				MessageActivateTokenIds(utility::toVector(tokenIds)).dispatch();
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -878,4 +877,4 @@ void QtCodeArea::createActions()
 	m_setIDECursorPositionAction->setStatusTip(tr("Set the IDE Cursor to this code position"));
 	m_setIDECursorPositionAction->setToolTip(tr("Set the IDE Cursor to this code position"));
 	connect(m_setIDECursorPositionAction, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(setIDECursorPosition()));
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}