diff --git a/apps/api/src/__tests__/e2e_full_withAuth/index.test.ts b/apps/api/src/__tests__/e2e_full_withAuth/index.test.ts
index c8281edd..144661bb 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/__tests__/e2e_full_withAuth/index.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/__tests__/e2e_full_withAuth/index.test.ts
@@ -804,6 +804,46 @@ describe("E2E Tests for API Routes", () => {
       expect(completedResponse.body.data[0].metadata.pageError).toBeUndefined();
     }, 180000);
 
+  it.concurrent("should crawl external content links when allowed", async () => {
+    const crawlInitResponse = await request(TEST_URL)
+        .post("/v0/crawl")
+      .set("Authorization", `Bearer ${process.env.TEST_API_KEY}`)
+      .set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+      .send({
+        url: "https://mendable.ai",
+        crawlerOptions: {
+          allowExternalContentLinks: true,
+          ignoreSitemap: true,
+          returnOnlyUrls: true,
+          limit: 50
+        }
+      });
+
+      expect(crawlInitResponse.statusCode).toBe(200);
+      expect(crawlInitResponse.body).toHaveProperty("jobId");
+
+      let crawlStatus: string;
+      let crawlData = [];
+      while (crawlStatus !== "completed") {
+        const statusResponse = await request(TEST_URL)
+          .get(`/v0/crawl/status/${crawlInitResponse.body.jobId}`)
+          .set("Authorization", `Bearer ${process.env.TEST_API_KEY}`);
+        crawlStatus = statusResponse.body.status;
+        if (statusResponse.body.data) {
+          crawlData = statusResponse.body.data;
+        }
+        if (crawlStatus !== "completed") {
+          await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000)); // Wait for 1 second before checking again
+        }
+      }
+      console.log(crawlData)
+      expect(crawlData.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(crawlData).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({ url: expect.stringContaining("https://firecrawl.dev/?ref=mendable+banner") }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ url: expect.stringContaining("https://mendable.ai/pricing") }),
+        expect.objectContaining({ url: expect.stringContaining("https://x.com/CalebPeffer") })
+      ]));
+    }, 180000); // 3 minutes timeout
   });
 
   describe("POST /v0/crawlWebsitePreview", () => {