diff --git a/scripts/test_urls.py b/scripts/test_urls.py
index 62c3820b2c2e00e4a7322d5e524fc8cb6d214429..7484776ea217a1d54a258efd3b1ebe5c5e914b3e 100755
--- a/scripts/test_urls.py
+++ b/scripts/test_urls.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ broken = 0
 for url in urls:
     print("%s : " %(url), end='')
     sys.stdout.flush()
+    status = None
     try:
         resp = requests.head(url, headers=headers, allow_redirects=True, timeout=60, verify=False)
         status = resp.ok