diff --git a/doc/changelog.txt b/doc/changelog.txt
index ea3f2d82..8680dc64 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.txt
+++ b/doc/changelog.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Changes:
   Closes: GH bug #394, #460
 - checking: Document that gconf and KDE proxy settings are parsed.
   Closes: GH bug #424
+- checking: Disable twill page refreshing.
+  Closes: GH bug #423
 
 Fixes:
 - logging: Status was printed every second regardless of the
diff --git a/linkcheck/director/__init__.py b/linkcheck/director/__init__.py
index 6dd8394a..2c3db4bc 100644
--- a/linkcheck/director/__init__.py
+++ b/linkcheck/director/__init__.py
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ def configure_twill (tc):
     """
     # make sure readonly controls are writeable (might be needed)
     tc.config("readonly_controls_writeable", True)
+    # disable page refreshing
+    tc.config("acknowledge_equiv_refresh", False)
     # fake IE 6.0 to talk sense into some sites (eg. SourceForge)
     tc.agent("Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)")
     # tell twill to shut up