diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index cf42bd7b2..d283fe0af 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
             # Run checks
             if [[ $added != "" ]]; then
               pip install joblib retry
-              python ./scripts/check_description_files.py $added
+              python ./scripts/check_description_files.py --check-urls-reachable $added
             fi
 
 workflows: