diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/footer/Footer.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/footer/Footer.tsx
index f6ce00b96ea..22635cd018a 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/footer/Footer.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/footer/Footer.tsx
@@ -414,6 +414,12 @@ export class Footer<
                     className="learn-more-about-data"
                     data-track-note="chart_click_sources"
                     onClick={action(() => {
+                        // if embbedded, open the sources modal
+                        if (this.manager.isEmbeddedInAnOwidPage) {
+                            this.manager.isSourcesModalOpen = true
+                            return
+                        }
+
                         // on data pages, scroll to the "Sources and Processing" section
                         // on grapher pages, open the sources modal
                         const sourcesIdOnDataPage =
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/footer/FooterManager.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/footer/FooterManager.ts
index 182dce9ca28..d373cb74c07 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/footer/FooterManager.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/footer/FooterManager.ts
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ export interface FooterManager extends TooltipManager, ActionButtonsManager {
     isGeneratingThumbnail?: boolean
     fontSize?: number
     isInFullScreenMode?: boolean
+    isEmbeddedInAnOwidPage?: boolean
 }