diff --git a/apple/RNCWebView.m b/apple/RNCWebView.m
index 02005db56..17998f890 100644
--- a/apple/RNCWebView.m
+++ b/apple/RNCWebView.m
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ - (void)didMoveToWindow
     _webView.scrollView.scrollEnabled = _scrollEnabled;
     _webView.scrollView.pagingEnabled = _pagingEnabled;
       //For UIRefreshControl to work correctly, the bounces should always be true
-    _webView.scrollView.bounces = _pullToRefreshEnabled || _bounces; 
+    _webView.scrollView.bounces = _pullToRefreshEnabled || _bounces;
     _webView.scrollView.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = _showsHorizontalScrollIndicator;
     _webView.scrollView.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = _showsVerticalScrollIndicator;
     _webView.scrollView.directionalLockEnabled = _directionalLockEnabled;
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ - (void)pullToRefresh:(UIRefreshControl *)refreshControl
 - (void)setPullToRefreshEnabled:(BOOL)pullToRefreshEnabled
 {
     _pullToRefreshEnabled = pullToRefreshEnabled;
-    
+
     if (pullToRefreshEnabled) {
         [self addPullToRefreshControl];
     } else {
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ - (NSURLRequest *)requestForSource:(id)json {
   if (_sharedCookiesEnabled) {
     if (@available(iOS 11.0, *)) {
       // see WKWebView initialization for added cookies
-    } else {
+    } else if (request != nil) {
       NSArray *cookies = [[NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage] cookiesForURL:request.URL];
       NSDictionary<NSString *, NSString *> *cookieHeader = [NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies:cookies];
       NSMutableURLRequest *mutableRequest = [request mutableCopy];