diff --git a/plugins/linkbot.py b/plugins/linkbot.py
index 6703a76..d0470c2 100644
--- a/plugins/linkbot.py
+++ b/plugins/linkbot.py
@@ -22,7 +22,17 @@ class TitleParser(HTMLParser):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.parsing_title = False
-        self.parsed_title: str | None = None
+        self.__parsed_title: str | None = None
+
+    @property
+    def parsed_title(self) -> str | None:
+        return self.__parsed_title
+
+    @parsed_title.setter
+    def parsed_title(self, value: str | None):
+        if value:
+            value = value.strip()
+        self.__parsed_title = value
 
     def reset(self) -> None:
         super().reset()
@@ -107,7 +117,10 @@ class Linkbot(Plugin):
         return False
 
     async def fetch(self, url: str) -> Tuple[int, str, str] | None:
-        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        headers = {
+            "User-Agent": "Omnibot",
+        }
+        async with aiohttp.ClientSession(headers=headers) as session:
             async with session.get(url) as response:
                 status = response.status
                 content_type = response.headers["content-type"].lower()
@@ -124,12 +137,14 @@ class Linkbot(Plugin):
         if not matches:
             return
         for url in matches:
+            log.debug("trying URL %s", url)
             if await self.is_blocked(url):
                 # Skip this URL if it's blocked
                 log.debug("skipping URL %s because it is blocked", url)
                 continue
             # Fetch the HTML at the URL
             result = await self.fetch(url)
+            log.debug("got %s characters back", len(result))
             if not result:
                 # Could not fetch this URL
                 log.debug("skipping URL %s because it couldn't be fetched", url)
@@ -142,6 +157,7 @@ class Linkbot(Plugin):
             if not (200 <= status <= 299):
                 message = f"{who.nick}: (status {status})"
             else:
+                log.debug("got title %r", title_parser.parsed_title)
                 message = title_parser.parsed_title
 
             if message: