diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 63f1dd4ce8..b5187387d2 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ jobs:
             source env/bin/activate
             python -m pip install --upgrade pip
             python -m pip install linkchecker
+      - run:
+          name: Configure linkchecker to ignore instagram
+          command: |
+            CONFIG="$HOME/.config/linkchecker/linkcheckerrc"
+            mkdir -p $( dirname $CONFIG )
+            echo "[filtering]\nignorewarningsforurls=\n  ^https://www\.instagram\.com ^http-redirected\n" >> $CONFIG
       - run:
           name: check links
           command: |