diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 1694695..4bac5c1 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ parse:
 
 sphinx:
   config:
-    linkcheck_ignore: ["https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search?*"] # don't run link checker on NOAA CDO search link
+    linkcheck_ignore: ["https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/*"] # don't run link checker on NOAA CDO search link
     html_favicon: notebooks/images/icons/favicon.ico
     html_last_updated_fmt: "%-d %B %Y"
     html_theme: sphinx_pythia_theme