diff --git a/.github/workflows/broken-link-check.yml b/.github/workflows/broken-link-check.yml
index 602c6753..b239c709 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/broken-link-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/broken-link-check.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Check for broken links"
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1
         with:
-          args: --no-progress --accept '200..=299, 401' --exclude '.*\.ndjson' --exclude 'file://*' -- ./common
+          args: --no-progress --accept '200..=299, 401' .
           fail: true
           jobSummary: true
diff --git a/.lycheeignore b/.lycheeignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f07655a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.lycheeignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.*\.ndjson
+file://*
+https://dpc.cms.gov/checksum
+https://dpc.cms.gov/file_length