diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a3524721..02f05fc6 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -71,13 +71,16 @@ export class LinkChecker extends EventEmitter {
     });
 
     const results = new Array<LinkResult>();
+    const url = new URL(options.path);
+    const initCache: Set<string> = new Set();
+    initCache.add(url.href);
     queue.add(async () => {
       await this.crawl({
         url: new URL(options.path),
         crawl: true,
         checkOptions: options,
         results,
-        cache: new Set(),
+        cache: initCache,
         queue,
       });
     });
@@ -116,13 +119,7 @@ export class LinkChecker extends EventEmitter {
    * @private
    * @returns A list of crawl results consisting of urls and status codes
    */
-  private async crawl(opts: CrawlOptions): Promise<void> {
-    // Check to see if we've already scanned this url
-    if (opts.cache.has(opts.url.href)) {
-      return;
-    }
-    opts.cache.add(opts.url.href);
-
+  async crawl(opts: CrawlOptions): Promise<void> {
     // explicitly skip non-http[s] links before making the request
     const proto = opts.url.protocol;
     if (proto !== 'http:' && proto !== 'https:') {
@@ -248,6 +245,7 @@ export class LinkChecker extends EventEmitter {
         // Ensure the url hasn't already been touched, largely to avoid a
         // very large queue length and runaway memory consumption
         if (!opts.cache.has(result.url.href)) {
+          opts.cache.add(result.url.href);
           opts.queue.add(async () => {
             await this.crawl({
               url: result.url!,
diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
index 57154918..bbb60556 100644
--- a/test/test.ts
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as nock from 'nock';
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
-import { check, LinkState } from '../src';
+import { check, LinkState, LinkChecker } from '../src';
 
 nock.disableNetConnect();
 nock.enableNetConnect('localhost');
@@ -33,6 +33,19 @@ describe('linkinator', () => {
     scope.done();
   });
 
+  it('should only queue a link once', async () => {
+    const scope = nock('http://fake.local')
+      .head('/')
+      .reply(200);
+    const checker = new LinkChecker();
+    const checkerSpy = sinon.spy(checker, 'crawl');
+    const results = await checker.check({ path: 'test/fixtures/twice' });
+    assert.ok(results.passed);
+    assert.strictEqual(results.links.length, 2);
+    assert.strictEqual(checkerSpy.callCount, 2);
+    scope.done();
+  });
+
   it('should skip links if asked nicely', async () => {
     const results = await check({
       path: 'test/fixtures/skip',