diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index bd929a9b30..4cf045c0ce 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ Dockerfile
 LICENSE
 rustfmt.toml
 _config.yml
+.lycheeignore
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0f185dfc01..6b2ce3183a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -101,11 +101,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check the links
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1
         with:
-          args: >
-            --exclude "%7Busername%7D|file:///|https://datatracker.ietf.org|protonmail"
-              -v *.md website/docs/* website/blog/*
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          args: -v --max-concurrency 1 *.md website/docs/* website/blog/*
+          fail: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
   audit:
     name: Audit check
diff --git a/.lycheeignore b/.lycheeignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d994b96ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.lycheeignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+file:///
+%7Busername%7D
+https://datatracker.ietf.org
+protonmail
+https://github.com/cocogitto/cocogitto
+pypi.org
+https://console.substack.com