diff --git a/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/CrawlURI.java b/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/CrawlURI.java
index 66fb5fb1..318b7fd7 100644
--- a/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/CrawlURI.java
+++ b/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/CrawlURI.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -651,12 +652,12 @@ implements Reporter, Serializable, OverlayContext {
      */
     public Collection<String> getAnnotations() {
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-        List<String> list = (List<String>)getData().get(A_ANNOTATIONS);
-        if (list == null) {
-            list = new ArrayList<String>();
-            getData().put(A_ANNOTATIONS, list);
+        Collection<String> annotations = (Collection<String>)getData().get(A_ANNOTATIONS);
+        if (annotations == null) {
+            annotations = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
+            getData().put(A_ANNOTATIONS, annotations);
         }
-        return list;
+        return annotations;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/extractor/Link.java b/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/extractor/Link.java
index 15897251..a8f5f3ee 100644
--- a/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/extractor/Link.java
+++ b/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/extractor/Link.java
@@ -133,19 +133,20 @@ public class Link implements Serializable, Comparable<Link> {
     }
 
     
-    public static void addRelativeToVia(CrawlURI uri, int max,
-            String newUri, LinkContext context, Hop hop) throws URIException {
+    public static void addRelativeToVia(CrawlURI uri, int max, String newUri,
+            LinkContext context, Hop hop) throws URIException {
         UURI relTo = uri.getVia();
-        if(relTo==null) {
-            LOGGER.info("no via where expected; using base instead: "+uri);
-            uri.getAnnotations().add("usedBaseForVia");
+        if (relTo == null) {
+            if (!uri.getAnnotations().contains("usedBaseForVia")) {
+                LOGGER.info("no via where expected; using base instead: " + uri);
+                uri.getAnnotations().add("usedBaseForVia");
+            }
             relTo = uri.getBaseURI();
         }
         UURI dest = UURIFactory.getInstance(relTo, newUri);
         add2(uri, max, dest, context, hop);
     }
 
-
     public static void add(CrawlURI uri, int max, String newUri, 
             LinkContext context, Hop hop) throws URIException {
         UURI dest = UURIFactory.getInstance(newUri);