diff --git a/blogthon.cgi b/blogthon.cgi
index 5db2915..b7f54ec 100755
--- a/blogthon.cgi
+++ b/blogthon.cgi
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ else:
 			f = open(staticpage, 'r')
 			for line in f:
 					if line.split(':', 1)[0] == 'extern_link':
+							link = ''
 							extern_link = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip()
 					else:
 							link = re.sub('\w+?\/', '', staticpage)
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ else:
 			f.close()
 			title = re.sub('\w+?\/\d+?-', '', staticpage)
 			if extern_link:
-				print '                    <li class="pages_list_entry"><a href=' + link + '" class="pages_list_entry">' + title + '</a></li>'
+				print '                    <li class="pages_list_entry"><a href=' + link + '" class="pages_list_entry">' + extern_link + '</a></li>'
 			else:
 				print '                    <li class="pages_list_entry"><a href="?s=' + link + '" class="pages_list_entry">' + title + '</a></li>'
 		print '                </ul>'