diff --git a/lib/common/browser.rb b/lib/common/browser.rb
index ce8ab062..fdb78c9d 100644
--- a/lib/common/browser.rb
+++ b/lib/common/browser.rb
@@ -120,18 +120,14 @@ class Browser
       )
     end
 
-    if @request_timeout
-      params = params.merge(timeout: @request_timeout)
-    end
-
-    if @connect_timeout
-      params = params.merge(connecttimeout: @connect_timeout)
-    end
+    params.merge!(timeout: @request_timeout) if @request_timeout
+    params.merge!(connecttimeout: @connect_timeout) if @connect_timeout
 
     # Used to enable the cache system if :cache_ttl > 0
-    unless params.has_key?(:cache_ttl)
-      params = params.merge(cache_ttl: @cache_ttl)
-    end
+    params.merge!(cache_ttl: @cache_ttl) unless params.has_key?(:cache_ttl)
+
+    # Prevent infinite self redirection
+    params.merge!(maxredirs: 3) unless params.has_key?(:maxredirs)
 
     # Disable SSL-Certificate checks
     params.merge!(ssl_verifypeer: false)
diff --git a/lib/common/models/wp_item/existable.rb b/lib/common/models/wp_item/existable.rb
index f2a6f1b6..7d7c6586 100755
--- a/lib/common/models/wp_item/existable.rb
+++ b/lib/common/models/wp_item/existable.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ class WpItem
     #
     # @return [ Boolean ]
     def exists_from_response?(response, options = {})
-      if [200, 401, 403].include?(response.code)
+      # 301 included as some items do a self-redirect
+      # Redirects to the 404 and homepage should be ignored (unless dynamic content is used)
+      # by the page hashes (error_404_hash & homepage_hash)
+      if [200, 401, 403, 301].include?(response.code)
         if response.has_valid_hash?(options[:error_404_hash], options[:homepage_hash])
           if options[:exclude_content]
             unless response.body.match(options[:exclude_content])
diff --git a/spec/lib/common/browser_spec.rb b/spec/lib/common/browser_spec.rb
index 40f2c6b2..0d367641 100644
--- a/spec/lib/common/browser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/common/browser_spec.rb
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ describe Browser do
         headers: { 'User-Agent' => 'SomeUA' },
         ssl_verifypeer: false, ssl_verifyhost: 0,
         cookiejar: cookie_jar, cookiefile: cookie_jar,
-        timeout: 2000, connecttimeout: 1000
+        timeout: 2000, connecttimeout: 1000,
+        maxredirs: 3
       }
     }
 
@@ -187,6 +188,14 @@ describe Browser do
         @expected = default_expectation.merge(params)
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when the maxredirs is alreday set' do
+      let(:params) { { maxredirs: 100 } }
+
+      it 'does not override it' do
+        @expected = default_expectation.merge(params)
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#forge_request' do