diff --git a/code/jobs/CheckExternalLinksJob.php b/code/jobs/CheckExternalLinksJob.php
index 030f1ea..56dd1e3 100644
--- a/code/jobs/CheckExternalLinksJob.php
+++ b/code/jobs/CheckExternalLinksJob.php
@@ -25,7 +25,14 @@ public function getSignature() {
 	 */
 	public function process() {
 		$task = new CheckExternalLinks();
-		$task->run();
+		$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;
 	}
diff --git a/code/tasks/CheckExternalLinks.php b/code/tasks/CheckExternalLinks.php
index 960987f..f3df02c 100644
--- a/code/tasks/CheckExternalLinks.php
+++ b/code/tasks/CheckExternalLinks.php
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 
 class CheckExternalLinks extends BuildTask {
-	public static $pageToProcess;
+	public $limit = 10;
+
 	protected $title = 'Checking broken External links in the SiteTree';
 
 	protected $description = 'A task that records external broken links in the SiteTree';
@@ -20,10 +21,10 @@ function run($request) {
 				->filter(array(
 					'TrackID' => $track->ID,
 					'Processed' => 0
-				))->limit(10)->column('PageID');
+				))->limit($this->limit)->column('PageID');
 			$pages = Versioned::get_by_stage('SiteTree', 'Live')
 				->filter('ID', $batch)
-				->limit(10);
+				->limit($this->limit);
 			$this->updateJobInfo('Fetching pages to check');
 			if ($track->CompletedPages == $track->TotalPages) {
 				$track->Status = 'Completed';
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ function run($request) {
 			$batch = BrokenExternalPageTrack::get()
 				->filter(array(
 					'TrackID' => $track->ID
-				))->limit(10)->column('PageID');
+				))->limit($this->limit)->column('PageID');
 
 			$pages = Versioned::get_by_stage('SiteTree', 'Live')
 				->filter('ID', $batch);
@@ -159,8 +160,13 @@ function run($request) {
 				$row->delete();
 			}
 		} else {
-			$this->updateJobInfo("Running next batch {$track->CompletedPages}/{$track->TotalPages}");
-			$this->run($request);
+			// 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);
+			}
 		}
 
 		// run this again if queued jobs exists and is a valid int
diff --git a/javascript/BrokenExternalLinksReport.js b/javascript/BrokenExternalLinksReport.js
index 5dd7046..54174f4 100644
--- a/javascript/BrokenExternalLinksReport.js
+++ b/javascript/BrokenExternalLinksReport.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 	$('#externalLinksReport').entwine({
 		onclick: function() {
 			$(this).start();
-			$(this).poll();
 		},
 		onmatch: function() {
 			$(this).poll();
@@ -12,11 +11,13 @@
 			$('#ReportHolder').empty();
 			$('#ReportHolder').text('Running report 0%');
 			$('#ReportHolder').append('<span class="ss-ui-loading-icon"></span>');
+			$('#externalLinksReport').hide();
 			$.ajax({url: "admin/externallinks/start", async: true, timeout: 3000 });
 			$(this).poll();
 		},
 		poll: function() {
 			// poll the current job and update the front end status
+			$('#externalLinksReport').hide();
 			$.ajax({
 				url: "admin/externallinks/getJobStatus",
 				async: true,
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
 					var jobStatus = obj.Status ? obj.Status : 'Running';
 					if (jobStatus == 'Completed') {
 						$('#ReportHolder').text('Report Finished ' + completed + '/' + total);
+						$('#externalLinksReport').show();
 					} else {
 						setTimeout(function() { $('#externalLinksReport').poll(); }, 1000);
 					}