diff --git a/api/endpoints/facts_collector.php b/api/endpoints/facts_collector.php
index 3229086..19c4e60 100644
--- a/api/endpoints/facts_collector.php
+++ b/api/endpoints/facts_collector.php
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ function collect_all(): array {
             'orbisportal'  => 'https://orbis.orbishosting.com',
             'tomtomgames'  => 'https://tomtomgames.com',
         ];
+        // Sites intentionally gated behind HTTP Basic Auth (e.g. a password-protected
+        // "Coming Soon" page during a rebuild) — treat these status codes as up, not down.
+        $expectedCodes = [
+            'parkerslingshotrentals' => [401],
+        ];
         $down = [];
         foreach ($sites as $key => $url) {
             $parsed = parse_url($url);
@@ -216,7 +221,8 @@ function collect_all(): array {
             curl_exec($ch);
             $code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
             curl_close($ch);
-            $status = ($code >= 200 && $code < 400) ? 'up' : "down-$code";
+            $ok = ($code >= 200 && $code < 400) || in_array($code, $expectedCodes[$key] ?? [], true);
+            $status = $ok ? 'up' : "down-$code";
             KBEngine::storeFact('sites', $key, $status, $url, 180);
             if ($status !== 'up') $down[] = "$key($code)";
         }