diff --git a/links/forms.py b/links/forms.py
index 232c4f3..81fb016 100644
--- a/links/forms.py
+++ b/links/forms.py
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 from django import forms
 from .models import Link
-import validators
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError, FieldError
+import requests
 
 class CreateLinkForm(forms.ModelForm):
 
-    def clean_link(self):
+    def clean_link_url(self):
         link_url = self.cleaned_data['link_url']
-        if not validators.url(link_url):
-            raise forms.ValidationError(_('Please enter a valid URL'))
+        try:
+            response = requests.head(link_url)
+            if response.status_code >= 400:
+                raise forms.ValidationError(_('Invalid url!'))
+        except requests.ConnectionError:
+            raise forms.ValidationError(_('Invalid url!'))
         return link_url
 
     class Meta:
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