diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 559fd1bd..4e78eb58 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ test-venv
 
 # byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__
+build
 
 # egg-info
 sdp.egg-info
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diff --git a/docs/src/conf.py b/docs/src/conf.py
index 9a5fb330..b319da65 100644
--- a/docs/src/conf.py
+++ b/docs/src/conf.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 templates_path = ["_templates"]
 
-
 autodoc_mock_imports = [
     # TTS pipeline
     "pyannote.audio",
@@ -189,3 +188,13 @@ def setup(app):
 ]
 # nitpick_ignore_regex = [('py:class', '*')]
 
+# Ignore specific broken links during linkcheck
+linkcheck_ignore = [
+    r'https://ieeexplore\.ieee\.org/document/1326009',
+    r'http://lingtools\.uoregon\.edu/coraal/coraal_download_list\.txt',
+    r'https://aclanthology.org/2020.lrec-1.804/',
+]
+
+linkcheck_timeout = 10
+linkcheck_retries = 5
+linkcheck_workers = 2
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