diff --git a/.github/workflows/qa.yml b/.github/workflows/qa.yml
index 280fd77c..823347ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qa.yml
@@ -150,3 +150,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Web Site
         working-directory: build
         run: ninja man-html web-site
+
+       - name: Link check
+      # disable action until https://github.com/tylerbutler/linkcheck-bin/issues/1 is released
+          uses: filiph/linkcheck@2.0.23
+          with:
+            arguments: 'https://srecord.sourceforge.notgonawork/'
diff --git a/cspell.config.yaml b/cspell.config.yaml
index 39e54134..65517ff4 100644
--- a/cspell.config.yaml
+++ b/cspell.config.yaml
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ words:
   - FFFFFFFFFFFE
   - FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEC
   - FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC
+  - filiph
   - flavor
   - gcry
   - getc