diff --git a/code/jobs/CheckExternalLinksJob.php b/code/jobs/CheckExternalLinksJob.php
index 56dd1e3..bb79e67 100644
--- a/code/jobs/CheckExternalLinksJob.php
+++ b/code/jobs/CheckExternalLinksJob.php
@@ -21,20 +21,14 @@ class CheckExternalLinksJob extends AbstractQueuedJob implements QueuedJob {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Check a individual page
+	 * Check an individual page
 	 */
 	public function process() {
 		$task = new CheckExternalLinks();
-		$pages = Versioned::get_by_stage('SiteTree', 'Live');
-		// set the limit so each page is done individually
-		$task->limit = 1;
-		$this->totalSteps = $pages->count();
-		foreach ($pages as $page) {
-			$this->currentStep++;
-			$task->run();
-		}
-		$this->isComplete = true;
-		return;
+		$track = $task->runLinksCheck(1);
+		$this->currentStep = $track->CompletedPages;
+		$this->totalSteps = $track->TotalPages;
+		$this->isComplete = $track->Status === 'Completed';
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/code/tasks/CheckExternalLinks.php b/code/tasks/CheckExternalLinks.php
index f3df02c..e9e0cc0 100644
--- a/code/tasks/CheckExternalLinks.php
+++ b/code/tasks/CheckExternalLinks.php
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ class CheckExternalLinks extends BuildTask {
 	private $totalPages;
 
 	function run($request) {
+		$this->runLinksCheck($this->limit);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Runs the links checker and returns the track used
+	 *
+	 * @param int $limit Limit to number of pages to run
+	 * @return BrokenExternalPageTrackStatus
+	 */
+	public function runLinksCheck($limit) {
 		$track = CheckExternalLinks::getLatestTrack();
 
 		// if the script has already been started
@@ -21,10 +31,10 @@ class CheckExternalLinks extends BuildTask {
 				->filter(array(
 					'TrackID' => $track->ID,
 					'Processed' => 0
-				))->limit($this->limit)->column('PageID');
+				))->limit($limit)->column('PageID');
 			$pages = Versioned::get_by_stage('SiteTree', 'Live')
 				->filter('ID', $batch)
-				->limit($this->limit);
+				->limit($limit);
 			$this->updateJobInfo('Fetching pages to check');
 			if ($track->CompletedPages == $track->TotalPages) {
 				$track->Status = 'Completed';
@@ -51,7 +61,7 @@ class CheckExternalLinks extends BuildTask {
 			$batch = BrokenExternalPageTrack::get()
 				->filter(array(
 					'TrackID' => $track->ID
-				))->limit($this->limit)->column('PageID');
+				))->limit($limit)->column('PageID');
 
 			$pages = Versioned::get_by_stage('SiteTree', 'Live')
 				->filter('ID', $batch);
@@ -159,22 +169,15 @@ class CheckExternalLinks extends BuildTask {
 			foreach ($rows as $row) {
 				$row->delete();
 			}
-		} else {
-			// if running via the queued job module return to the queued job after each iteration
-			if ($this->limit == 1) {
-				return;
-			} else {
-				$this->updateJobInfo("Running next batch {$track->CompletedPages}/{$track->TotalPages}");
-				$this->run($request);
-			}
+			return $track;
 		}
 
-		// run this again if queued jobs exists and is a valid int
-		$queuedJob = Config::inst()->get('CheckExternalLinks', 'Delay');
-		if (isset($queuedJob) && is_int($queuedJob) && class_exists('QueuedJobService')) {
-			$checkLinks = new CheckExternalLinksJob();
-			singleton('QueuedJobService')
-				->queueJob($checkLinks, date('Y-m-d H:i:s', time() + $queuedJob));
+			// if running via the queued job module return to the queued job after each iteration
+		if ($limit == 1) {
+			return $track;
+			} else {
+				$this->updateJobInfo("Running next batch {$track->CompletedPages}/{$track->TotalPages}");
+			return $this->runLinksCheck($limit);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/javascript/BrokenExternalLinksReport.js b/javascript/BrokenExternalLinksReport.js
index 54174f4..d44f7b5 100644
--- a/javascript/BrokenExternalLinksReport.js
+++ b/javascript/BrokenExternalLinksReport.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 			$(this).start();
 		},
 		onmatch: function() {
+			// poll the current job and update the front end status
+			$('#externalLinksReport').hide();
 			$(this).poll();
 		},
 		start: function() {
@@ -16,15 +18,16 @@
 			$(this).poll();
 		},
 		poll: function() {
-			// poll the current job and update the front end status
-			$('#externalLinksReport').hide();
 			$.ajax({
 				url: "admin/externallinks/getJobStatus",
 				async: true,
 				success: function(data) {
 					var obj = $.parseJSON(data);
+					
+					// No report, so let user create one
 					if (!obj) {
-						setTimeout(function() { $('#externalLinksReport').poll(); }, 1000);
+						$('#externalLinksReport').show();
+						return;
 					}
 					var completed = obj.Completed ? obj.Completed : 0;
 					var total = obj.Total ? obj.Total : 0;
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@
 					}
 				},
 				error: function(e) {
-					console.log(e);
+					if(typeof console !== 'undefined') console.log(e);
 				}
 			});
 		}