diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/stormcrawler/filtering/host/HostURLFilter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/stormcrawler/filtering/host/HostURLFilter.java
index 645b7b6d8..d14541fc0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/stormcrawler/filtering/host/HostURLFilter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/stormcrawler/filtering/host/HostURLFilter.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public void configure(@NotNull Map<String, Object> stormConf, @NotNull JsonNode
         // always the same
         if (!ignoreOutsideHost) {
             JsonNode filterByDomainNode = filterParams.get("ignoreOutsideDomain");
-            if (filterByHostNode == null) {
+            if (filterByDomainNode == null) {
                 ignoreOutsideDomain = false;
             } else {
                 ignoreOutsideDomain = filterByDomainNode.asBoolean(false);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/stormcrawler/filtering/HostURLFilterTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/stormcrawler/filtering/HostURLFilterTest.java
index f70ca90b4..c44579037 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/stormcrawler/filtering/HostURLFilterTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/stormcrawler/filtering/HostURLFilterTest.java
@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@
 class HostURLFilterTest {
 
     private HostURLFilter createFilter(boolean ignoreOutsideHost, boolean ignoreOutsideDomain) {
-        HostURLFilter filter = new HostURLFilter();
         ObjectNode filterParams = new ObjectNode(JsonNodeFactory.instance);
         filterParams.put("ignoreOutsideHost", Boolean.valueOf(ignoreOutsideHost));
         filterParams.put("ignoreOutsideDomain", Boolean.valueOf(ignoreOutsideDomain));
+        return createFilter(filterParams);
+    }
+
+    private HostURLFilter createFilter(ObjectNode filterParams) {
+        HostURLFilter filter = new HostURLFilter();
         Map<String, Object> conf = new HashMap<>();
         filter.configure(conf, filterParams);
         return filter;
@@ -108,4 +112,35 @@ void testWithinDomain() throws MalformedURLException {
                 allAllowed.filter(sourceURL, metadata, "http://sub.sourcedomain.com/index.html");
         Assertions.assertEquals("http://sub.sourcedomain.com/index.html", filterResult);
     }
+
+    /** The two modes are independent, so ignoreOutsideDomain must be honoured on its own. */
+    @Test
+    void testWithinDomainWithoutHostParameter() throws MalformedURLException {
+        ObjectNode filterParams = new ObjectNode(JsonNodeFactory.instance);
+        filterParams.put("ignoreOutsideDomain", Boolean.TRUE);
+        HostURLFilter withinDomain = createFilter(filterParams);
+        URL sourceURL = URLUtil.toURL("http://www.sourcedomain.com/index.html");
+        Metadata metadata = new Metadata();
+        String filterResult =
+                withinDomain.filter(sourceURL, metadata, "http://sub.sourcedomain.com/index.html");
+        Assertions.assertEquals("http://sub.sourcedomain.com/index.html", filterResult);
+        filterResult =
+                withinDomain.filter(sourceURL, metadata, "http://www.anotherDomain.com/index.html");
+        Assertions.assertNull(filterResult);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A configuration which sets ignoreOutsideHost only must not fail on the missing domain key.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testHostParameterWithoutDomainParameter() throws MalformedURLException {
+        ObjectNode filterParams = new ObjectNode(JsonNodeFactory.instance);
+        filterParams.put("ignoreOutsideHost", Boolean.FALSE);
+        HostURLFilter allAllowed = createFilter(filterParams);
+        URL sourceURL = URLUtil.toURL("http://www.sourcedomain.com/index.html");
+        Metadata metadata = new Metadata();
+        String filterResult =
+                allAllowed.filter(sourceURL, metadata, "http://www.anotherDomain.com/index.html");
+        Assertions.assertEquals("http://www.anotherDomain.com/index.html", filterResult);
+    }
 }