diff --git a/lib/routes/dribbble/utils.js b/lib/routes/dribbble/utils.js
index 71321641d..ac96e50e2 100644
--- a/lib/routes/dribbble/utils.js
+++ b/lib/routes/dribbble/utils.js
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ async function ProcessFeed(list, caches) {
         list.map(async (item) => {
             const $ = cheerio.load(item);
 
-            const itemUrlPath =
-                $('.animated-target').attr('href') ||
-                $('.extras > a')
-                    .attr('href')
-                    .replace('/rebounds', '');
+            // the rebounds link is used because all other links in the html could
+            // possibly point to /signup/new when loading the site while not logged in.
+            const itemUrlPath = $('.extras > a')
+                .attr('href')
+                .replace('/rebounds', '');
             const itemUrl = url.resolve(host, itemUrlPath);
 
             const team = $('.attribution-team').text() ? ' for ' + $('.attribution-team a.url').text() : '';