diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8575c73..96827c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,3 +83,29 @@ SilverStripe\ExternalLinks\Tasks\CheckExternalLinksTask:
 When upgrading from 1.x to 2.x (SilverStripe 3.x to 4.x) you will need to be aware of the following API changes:
 
  * Configuration property `CheckExternalLinksTask.IgnoreCodes` renamed to `CheckExternalLinksTask.ignore_codes`
+ * Configuration property `CheckExternalLinksTask.FollowLocation` and `BypassCache` renamed to `follow_location` and `bypass_cache`
+
+## Follow 301 redirects
+
+You may want to follow a redirected URL a example of this would be redirecting from http to https
+can give you a false poitive as the http code of 301 will be returned which will be classed
+as a working link.
+
+To allow redirects to be followed setup the following config in your config.yml
+
+```yaml
+# Follow 301 redirects
+SilverStripe\ExternalLinks\Tasks\CurlLinkChecker:
+  follow_location: 1
+```
+
+## Bypass cache
+
+By default the task will attempt to cache any results the cache can be bypassed with the
+following config in config.yml.
+
+```yaml
+# Bypass SS_Cache
+SilverStripe\ExternalLinks\Tasks\CurlLinkChecker::
+  bypass_cache: 1
+```
diff --git a/src/Tasks/CurlLinkChecker.php b/src/Tasks/CurlLinkChecker.php
index a09eb1e..79c82c5 100644
--- a/src/Tasks/CurlLinkChecker.php
+++ b/src/Tasks/CurlLinkChecker.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace SilverStripe\ExternalLinks\Tasks;
 
 use Psr\SimpleCache\CacheInterface;
+use SilverStripe\Core\Config\Configurable;
 use SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injector;
 
 /**
@@ -10,6 +11,25 @@ use SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injector;
  */
 class CurlLinkChecker implements LinkChecker
 {
+    use Configurable;
+
+    /**
+     * If we want to follow redirects a 301 http code for example
+     * Set via YAML file
+     *
+     * @config
+     * @var boolean
+     */
+    private static $follow_location = false;
+
+    /**
+     * If we want to bypass the cache
+     * Set via YAML file
+     *
+     * @config
+     * @var boolean
+     */
+    private static $bypass_cache = false;
 
     /**
      * Return cache
@@ -34,6 +54,13 @@ class CurlLinkChecker implements LinkChecker
             return null;
         }
 
+        if (!$this->config()->get('bypass_cache')) {
+            // Check if we have a cached result
+            $cacheKey = md5($href);
+            $result = $this->getCache()->load($cacheKey);
+            if($result !== false) return $result;
+        }
+
         // Check if we have a cached result
         $cacheKey = md5($href);
         $result = $this->getCache()->get($cacheKey, false);
@@ -44,14 +71,19 @@ class CurlLinkChecker implements LinkChecker
         // No cached result so just request
         $handle = curl_init($href);
         curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+        if ($this->config()->get('follow_location')) {
+            curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, TRUE);
+        }
         curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
         curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
         curl_exec($handle);
         $httpCode = curl_getinfo($handle, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
         curl_close($handle);
 
-        // Cache result
-        $this->getCache()->set($cacheKey, $httpCode);
+        if (!$this->config()->get('bypass_cache')) {
+            // Cache result
+            $this->getCache()->save($httpCode, $cacheKey);
+        }
         return $httpCode;
     }
 }