diff --git a/typo3/sysext/linkvalidator/classes/linktypes/class.tx_linkvalidator_linktypes_external.php b/typo3/sysext/linkvalidator/classes/linktypes/class.tx_linkvalidator_linktypes_external.php
index 4a6e235..f8b287f 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/linkvalidator/classes/linktypes/class.tx_linkvalidator_linktypes_external.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/linkvalidator/classes/linktypes/class.tx_linkvalidator_linktypes_external.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class tx_linkvalidator_linkTypes_External extends tx_linkvalidator_linkTypes_Abs
 
 		    // get the header
         $content = '';
-        $content = t3lib_div::getURL($url, 2, FALSE, $report);
+        $content = t3lib_div::getURL($url, 1, FALSE, $report);
 
 		$tries = 0;
 		while (($report['http_code'] == 301 || $report['http_code'] == 302