diff --git a/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/App.config b/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/App.config
index 9a5d887..2b2b599 100644
--- a/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/App.config
+++ b/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/App.config
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <add key="CheckImages" value="true"/>
     <add key="BaseUrl" value="https://github.com"/>
     <add key="SuccessHttpStatusCodes" value="1xx,2xx,3xx"/>
-    <add key="InterestingHttpStatusCodes" value="4xx,9xx"/>
+    <add key="InterestingHttpStatusCodes" value="*"/>
     <!--explanation of regex below: http://regexr.com/3cqt9 -->
     <add key="ValidUrlRegex" value="(^http[s]?:\/{2})|(^www)|(^\/{1,2})"/>
     <add key="PrintSummary" value="true"/>
diff --git a/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler.csproj b/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler.csproj
index 65b1272..fa232f8 100644
--- a/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler.csproj
+++ b/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler.csproj
@@ -13,6 +13,21 @@
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
     <TargetFrameworkProfile />
+    <PublishUrl>publish\</PublishUrl>
+    <Install>true</Install>
+    <InstallFrom>Disk</InstallFrom>
+    <UpdateEnabled>false</UpdateEnabled>
+    <UpdateMode>Foreground</UpdateMode>
+    <UpdateInterval>7</UpdateInterval>
+    <UpdateIntervalUnits>Days</UpdateIntervalUnits>
+    <UpdatePeriodically>false</UpdatePeriodically>
+    <UpdateRequired>false</UpdateRequired>
+    <MapFileExtensions>true</MapFileExtensions>
+    <ApplicationRevision>0</ApplicationRevision>
+    <ApplicationVersion>1.0.0.%2a</ApplicationVersion>
+    <IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper>
+    <UseApplicationTrust>false</UseApplicationTrust>
+    <BootstrapperEnabled>true</BootstrapperEnabled>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
     <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
@@ -64,6 +79,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
     <Reference Include="System.Web" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Web.Extensions" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
@@ -107,7 +123,18 @@
     </None>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <BootstrapperPackage Include=".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1">
+      <Visible>False</Visible>
+      <ProductName>Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 %28x86 and x64%29</ProductName>
+      <Install>true</Install>
+    </BootstrapperPackage>
+    <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5.SP1">
+      <Visible>False</Visible>
+      <ProductName>.NET Framework 3.5 SP1</ProductName>
+      <Install>false</Install>
+    </BootstrapperPackage>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
diff --git a/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/Models/ResponseModel.cs b/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/Models/ResponseModel.cs
index 72cbd2a..fe9161d 100644
--- a/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/Models/ResponseModel.cs
+++ b/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/Models/ResponseModel.cs
@@ -40,13 +40,15 @@ public override string ToString()
         {
             if (!IsSuccess)
             {
+                // cater for HTTP "999" codes returned
+                string statusCode = StatusCodeNumber == 999 ? "[Request denied]" : StatusCode.ToString();
                 if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(ErrorMessage))
                 {
-                    return $"{StatusCodeNumber}\t{StatusCode}\t{RequestedUrl}{Environment.NewLine}\tError:\t{ErrorMessage}{Environment.NewLine}\tReferer:\t{ReferrerUrl}";
+                    return $"{StatusCodeNumber}\t{statusCode}\t{RequestedUrl}{Environment.NewLine}\tError:\t{ErrorMessage}{Environment.NewLine}\tReferer:\t{ReferrerUrl}";
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    return $"{StatusCodeNumber}\t{StatusCode}\t{RequestedUrl}{Environment.NewLine}\tReferer:\t{ReferrerUrl}";
+                    return $"{StatusCodeNumber}\t{statusCode}\t{RequestedUrl}{Environment.NewLine}\tReferer:\t{ReferrerUrl}";
                 }
             }
             else
diff --git a/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/Program.cs b/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/Program.cs
index e351285..bee8af7 100644
--- a/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/Program.cs
+++ b/LinkCrawler/LinkCrawler/Program.cs
@@ -14,15 +14,25 @@ static void Main(string[] args)
             using (var container = Container.For<StructureMapRegistry>())
             {
                 var linkCrawler = container.GetInstance<LinkCrawler>();
-                if (args.Length >0)
+                if (args.Length > 0)
                 {
-                    string parsed;
                     var validUrlParser = new ValidUrlParser(new Settings());
-                    var result = validUrlParser.Parse(args[0], out parsed);
-                    if(result)
-                    linkCrawler.BaseUrl = parsed;
+                    var result = validUrlParser.Parse(args[0], out string parsed);
+                    if (result)
+                    {
+                        // make sure the base URL is just a domain
+                        int prefixLength = parsed.IndexOf("//") + 2;
+                        if (parsed.Substring(prefixLength).IndexOf("/") > 0)
+                        {
+                            parsed = parsed.Substring(0, parsed.Substring(prefixLength).IndexOf("/") + prefixLength);
+                        }
+                        linkCrawler.BaseUrl = parsed;
+                        validUrlParser.BaseUrl = parsed;
+                        linkCrawler.ValidUrlParser = validUrlParser;
+                    }
                 }
                 linkCrawler.Start();
+                // this line *has* to be here in order to flush the output to the console, otherwise we don't see anything - why?
                 Console.Read();
             }
         }