diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java
index b17682b2a8..f6c257de31 100644
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public Bridge(Activity context, WebView webView, List<Class<? extends Plugin>> i
   }
 
   private void loadWebView() {
-    appUrlConfig = this.config.getString("server.url");
+    appUrlConfig = this.getServerUrl();
     String[] appAllowNavigationConfig = this.config.getArray("server.allowNavigation");
 
     ArrayList<String> authorities = new ArrayList<String>();
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ private void loadWebView() {
     }
     this.appAllowNavigationMask = HostMask.Parser.parse(appAllowNavigationConfig);
 
-    String authority = this.config.getString("server.hostname", "localhost");
+    String authority = this.getHost();
     authorities.add(authority);
 
     String scheme = this.getScheme();
@@ -341,6 +341,22 @@ public String getScheme() {
       return this.config.getString("server.androidScheme", CAPACITOR_HTTP_SCHEME);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get host name that is used to serve content
+   * @return
+   */
+  public String getHost() {
+    return this.config.getString("server.hostname", "localhost");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the server url that is used to serve content
+   * @return
+   */
+  public String getServerUrl() {
+    return this.config.getString("server.url");
+  }
+
   public CapConfig getConfig() {
     return this.config;
   }
diff --git a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
index d632065a9d..44bccc328e 100755
--- a/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
+++ b/android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/WebViewLocalServer.java
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public WebResourceResponse shouldInterceptRequest(WebResourceRequest request) {
       return null;
     }
 
-    if (isLocalFile(loadingUrl) || (bridge.getConfig().getString("server.url") == null && !bridge.getAppAllowNavigationMask().matches(loadingUrl.getHost()))) {
+    if (isLocalFile(loadingUrl) || loadingUrl.getHost().equalsIgnoreCase(bridge.getHost()) || (bridge.getServerUrl() == null && !bridge.getAppAllowNavigationMask().matches(loadingUrl.getHost()))) {
       Logger.debug("Handling local request: " + request.getUrl().toString());
       return handleLocalRequest(request, handler);
     } else {