diff --git a/src/Event/ProxyEvent.php b/src/Event/ProxyEvent.php
index 8c707bb..f449443 100644
--- a/src/Event/ProxyEvent.php
+++ b/src/Event/ProxyEvent.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ public function __construct($data = array()){
 		$this->data = $data;
 	}
 	
+	#[\ReturnTypeWillChange]
 	public function offsetSet($offset, $value){
 		
 		if(is_null($offset)) {
@@ -18,14 +19,17 @@ public function offsetSet($offset, $value){
 		}
 	}
 	
+	#[\ReturnTypeWillChange]
 	public function offsetExists($offset){
 		return isset($this->data[$offset]);
 	}
 
+	#[\ReturnTypeWillChange]
 	public function offsetUnset($offset){
 		unset($this->data[$offset]);
 	}
 
+	#[\ReturnTypeWillChange]
 	public function offsetGet($offset){
 		return isset($this->data[$offset]) ? $this->data[$offset] : null;
 	}
diff --git a/src/Plugin/AbstractPlugin.php b/src/Plugin/AbstractPlugin.php
index 605cee3..224826f 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/AbstractPlugin.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/AbstractPlugin.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ final public function subscribe($dispatcher){
 	}
 	
 	// dispatch based on filter
-	final private function route($event_name, ProxyEvent $event){
+	private function route($event_name, ProxyEvent $event){
 		$url = $event['request']->getUri();
 		
 		// url filter provided and current request url does not match it
diff --git a/src/Plugin/CookiePlugin.php b/src/Plugin/CookiePlugin.php
index 0d69eff..a394f6f 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/CookiePlugin.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/CookiePlugin.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public function onBeforeRequest(ProxyEvent $event){
 				
 				// does this cookie belong to this domain?
 				// sometimes domain begins with a DOT indicating all subdomains - deprecated but still in use on some servers...
-				if(strpos($host, $cookie_domain) !== false){
+				if(!empty($host) && strpos($host, $cookie_domain) !== false){
 					$send_cookies[] = $cookie_name.'='.$cookie_value;
 				}
 			}