diff --git a/.github/workflows/links.yml b/.github/workflows/links.yml
index 87136551..7da0d07d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/links.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
         id: lychee
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1
         with:
-          args: --base . --verbose --no-progress './**/*.md' --exclude
+          args: --base . --verbose --no-progress './**/*.md' --exclude-path .github
           output: lychee/results.md
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          fail: false
+          fail: true