diff --git a/agdb_web/e2e/allLinks.spec.ts b/agdb_web/e2e/allLinks.spec.ts
index d5351c67..f7b08f35 100644
--- a/agdb_web/e2e/allLinks.spec.ts
+++ b/agdb_web/e2e/allLinks.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { test, expect, Page } from "@playwright/test";
 
 const validatedLinks: string[] = [];
+const externalLinks: Map<Promise<Response>, string> = new Map();
 
 const validateLinks = async (page: Page) => {
     const links = await page
@@ -18,26 +19,25 @@ const validateLinks = async (page: Page) => {
             !href.startsWith("javascript") &&
             !href.startsWith("#")
         ) {
-            const error = `${sourcePageTitle} -> ${href}`;
-            await page.goto(href);
-
-            const pageTitle = await page.title();
-            expect(pageTitle.length, error).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-            expect(pageTitle, error).not.toContain("404");
-
             validatedLinks.push(href);
 
             if (!href.startsWith("http")) {
+                await page.goto(href);
                 await validateLinks(page);
+            } else {
+                externalLinks.set(fetch(href), `${sourcePageTitle} -> ${href}`);
             }
         }
     }
+
+    for (const [f, error] of externalLinks) {
+        const r = await f;
+        expect(r.status, error).not.toBe(404);
+    }
 };
 
 test("should validate all links", async ({ page }) => {
     test.setTimeout(300000);
-
     await page.goto("http://localhost:5001/");
-
     await validateLinks(page);
 });