diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 97c8c33..4935eac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /node_modules/
+/scripts/node_modules/
 npm-debug.log
 coverage.html
 .ntvs_analysis.dat
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df0e32e..4453c58 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cordova-plugin-hostedwebapp",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "description": "Hosted Web App Plugin",
   "cordova": {
     "id": "cordova-plugin-hostedwebapp",
diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 623f83f..c425570 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <plugin xmlns="http://apache.org/cordova/ns/plugins/1.0"
     id="cordova-plugin-hostedwebapp"
-    version="0.1.1">
+    version="0.1.2">
     <name>HostedWebApp</name>
     <description>Hosted Web App Plugin</description>
     <license>MIT License</license>
diff --git a/scripts/test/assets/fullUrlForScope/config.xml b/scripts/test/assets/fullUrlForScope/config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..309a182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test/assets/fullUrlForScope/config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<widget id="com.example.hello" version="0.0.1">
+</widget>
diff --git a/scripts/test/assets/fullUrlForScope/manifest.json b/scripts/test/assets/fullUrlForScope/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c53769a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test/assets/fullUrlForScope/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "start_url": "http://wat-docs.azurewebsites.net/",
+    "name": "WAT Documentation",
+	"orientation": "landscape",
+	"display": "fullscreen",
+	"scope": "http://www.domain.com"
+}
diff --git a/scripts/test/assets/jsonEmpty/www/empty.txt b/scripts/test/assets/fullUrlForScope/www/empty.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/test/assets/jsonEmpty/www/empty.txt
rename to scripts/test/assets/fullUrlForScope/www/empty.txt
diff --git a/scripts/test/assets/jsonEmpty/manifest.json b/scripts/test/assets/jsonEmpty/manifest.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f3ee419..0000000
--- a/scripts/test/assets/jsonEmpty/manifest.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-{
-}
diff --git a/scripts/test/assets/jsonEmpty/config.xml b/scripts/test/assets/jsonPropertiesMissing/config.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/test/assets/jsonEmpty/config.xml
rename to scripts/test/assets/jsonPropertiesMissing/config.xml
diff --git a/scripts/test/assets/jsonPropertiesMissing/manifest.json b/scripts/test/assets/jsonPropertiesMissing/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7247868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test/assets/jsonPropertiesMissing/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+	"start_url": "http://wat-docs.azurewebsites.net/"
+}
diff --git a/scripts/test/assets/jsonPropertiesMissing/www/empty.txt b/scripts/test/assets/jsonPropertiesMissing/www/empty.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50c5405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test/assets/jsonPropertiesMissing/www/empty.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+empty folder
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/test/assets/wildcardSubdomainForScope/config.xml b/scripts/test/assets/wildcardSubdomainForScope/config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..309a182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test/assets/wildcardSubdomainForScope/config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<widget id="com.example.hello" version="0.0.1">
+</widget>
diff --git a/scripts/test/assets/wildcardSubdomainForScope/manifest.json b/scripts/test/assets/wildcardSubdomainForScope/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73a0376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test/assets/wildcardSubdomainForScope/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "start_url": "http://wat-docs.azurewebsites.net/",
+    "name": "WAT Documentation",
+	"orientation": "landscape",
+	"display": "fullscreen",
+	"scope": "http://*.domain.com"
+}
diff --git a/scripts/test/assets/wildcardSubdomainForScope/www/empty.txt b/scripts/test/assets/wildcardSubdomainForScope/www/empty.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50c5405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test/assets/wildcardSubdomainForScope/www/empty.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+empty folder
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/test/updateConfigurationBeforePrepare.js b/scripts/test/updateConfigurationBeforePrepare.js
index db6ff93..12566e3 100644
--- a/scripts/test/updateConfigurationBeforePrepare.js
+++ b/scripts/test/updateConfigurationBeforePrepare.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function initializeContext(testDir) {
   return ctx;
 }
 
-describe('updateConfiguration.js', function (){
+describe('updateConfigurationBeforePrepare.js', function (){
   beforeEach(function () {
     tu.copyRecursiveSync(assetsDirectory, workingDirectory);
   });
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe('updateConfiguration.js', function (){
   });
 
   it('Should not update name if it is missing in manifest.json', function (done) {
-    var testDir = path.join(workingDirectory, 'jsonEmpty');
+    var testDir = path.join(workingDirectory, 'jsonPropertiesMissing');
     var configXML = path.join(testDir, 'config.xml');
     var ctx = initializeContext(testDir);
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ describe('updateConfiguration.js', function (){
   });
 
   it('Should not update orientation if it is missing in manifest.json', function (done){
-    var testDir = path.join(workingDirectory, 'jsonEmpty');
+    var testDir = path.join(workingDirectory, 'jsonPropertiesMissing');
     var configXML = path.join(testDir, 'config.xml');
     var ctx = initializeContext(testDir);
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ describe('updateConfiguration.js', function (){
   });
 
   it('Should not update fullscreen if it is missing in manifest.json', function (done){
-    var testDir = path.join(workingDirectory, 'jsonEmpty');
+    var testDir = path.join(workingDirectory, 'jsonPropertiesMissing');
     var configXML = path.join(testDir, 'config.xml');
     var ctx = initializeContext(testDir);
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ describe('updateConfiguration.js', function (){
   });
 
   it('Should keep existing access rules unchanged in config.xml', function (done){
-    var testDir = path.join(workingDirectory, 'jsonEmpty');
+    var testDir = path.join(workingDirectory, 'jsonPropertiesMissing');
     var configXML = path.join(testDir, 'config.xml');
     var ctx = initializeContext(testDir);
 
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ describe('updateConfiguration.js', function (){
     });
   });
 
-  it('Should add access rules for scope in config.xml', function (done){
+  it('Should add access rules for scope in config.xml if scope is a relative URL', function (done){
     var testDir = path.join(workingDirectory, 'xmlEmptyWidget');
     var configXML = path.join(testDir, 'config.xml');
     var ctx = initializeContext(testDir);
@@ -286,6 +286,44 @@ describe('updateConfiguration.js', function (){
     });
   });
 
+  it('Should add access rules for scope in config.xml if scope is a full URL', function (done){
+    var testDir = path.join(workingDirectory, 'fullUrlForScope');
+    var configXML = path.join(testDir, 'config.xml');
+    var ctx = initializeContext(testDir);
+
+    updateConfiguration(ctx).then(function () {
+      var content = fs.readFileSync(configXML).toString();
+
+      // rules for android
+      assert(content.match(/<platform name="android">[\s\S]*<access hap-rule="yes" origin="http:\/\/www.domain.com\/\*" \/>[\s\S]*<\/platform>/));
+      assert(content.match(/<platform name="android">[\s\S]*<allow-navigation hap-rule="yes" href="http:\/\/www.domain.com\/\*" \/>[\s\S]*<\/platform>/));
+      
+      // rules for ios
+      assert(content.match(/<platform name="ios">[\s\S]*<access hap-rule="yes" origin="http:\/\/www.domain.com\/\*" \/>[\s\S]*<\/platform>/));
+      
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('Should add access rules for scope in config.xml if scope is a full URL with wildcard as subdomain', function (done){
+    var testDir = path.join(workingDirectory, 'wildcardSubdomainForScope');
+    var configXML = path.join(testDir, 'config.xml');
+    var ctx = initializeContext(testDir);
+
+    updateConfiguration(ctx).then(function () {
+      var content = fs.readFileSync(configXML).toString();
+
+      // rules for android
+      assert(content.match(/<platform name="android">[\s\S]*<access hap-rule="yes" origin="http:\/\/\*.domain.com" \/>[\s\S]*<\/platform>/));
+      assert(content.match(/<platform name="android">[\s\S]*<allow-navigation hap-rule="yes" href="http:\/\/\*.domain.com" \/>[\s\S]*<\/platform>/));
+      
+      // rules for ios
+      assert(content.match(/<platform name="ios">[\s\S]*<access hap-rule="yes" origin="http:\/\/\*.domain.com" \/>[\s\S]*<\/platform>/));
+      
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
   it('Should add access rules from mjs_access_whitelist list', function (done){
     var testDir = path.join(workingDirectory, 'xmlEmptyWidget');
     var configXML = path.join(testDir, 'config.xml');
diff --git a/scripts/updateConfigurationBeforePrepare.js b/scripts/updateConfigurationBeforePrepare.js
index a19c453..1f59c9b 100644
--- a/scripts/updateConfigurationBeforePrepare.js
+++ b/scripts/updateConfigurationBeforePrepare.js
@@ -155,10 +155,18 @@ function processAccessRules(manifest) {
         // determine base rule based on the start_url and the scope
         var baseUrlPattern = manifest.start_url;
         if (manifest.scope && manifest.scope.length) {
-            baseUrlPattern = url.resolve(baseUrlPattern, manifest.scope);
+            var parsedScopeUrl = url.parse(manifest.scope);
+            if (parsedScopeUrl.protocol) {
+              baseUrlPattern = manifest.scope;
+            } else {
+              baseUrlPattern = url.resolve(baseUrlPattern, manifest.scope);
+            }
         }
         
-        baseUrlPattern = url.resolve(baseUrlPattern, '*');
+        // If there are no wildcards in the pattern, add '*' at the end
+        if (baseUrlPattern.indexOf('*') === -1) {
+            baseUrlPattern = url.resolve(baseUrlPattern, '*');
+        }
         
         // add base rule as an access rule for Android
         var androidAccessBaseRule = new etree.SubElement(androidRoot, 'access');
@@ -594,7 +602,7 @@ module.exports = function (context) {
     var manifestPath = path.join(projectRoot, 'manifest.json');
     fs.readFile(manifestPath, function (err, data) {
       if (err) {
-        logger.error('ERROR: Failed to read manifest in at \'' + manifestPath + '\'.');
+        logger.error('Failed to read manifest at \'' + manifestPath + '\'.');
         return task.reject(err);
       }
 
@@ -602,12 +610,26 @@ module.exports = function (context) {
       var appManifestPath = path.join(projectRoot, 'www', 'manifest.json');
       fs.writeFile(appManifestPath, manifestJson, function (err) {
         if (err) {
-          logger.error('ERROR: Failed to copy manifest to \'www\' folder.');
+          logger.error('Failed to copy manifest to \'www\' folder.');
           return task.reject(err);
         }
 
         var manifest = JSON.parse(manifestJson);
 
+        // The start_url member is required and must be a full URL.
+        // Even though a relative URL is a valid according to the W3C spec, a full URL 
+        // is needed because the plugin cannot determine the manifest's origin.
+        var start_url;
+        if (manifest.start_url) {
+          start_url = url.parse(manifest.start_url);
+        }
+
+        if (!(start_url && start_url.hostname && start_url.protocol)) { 
+          logger.error('Invalid or incomplete W3C manifest.');
+          var err = new Error('The start_url member in the manifest is required and must be a full URL.');
+          return task.reject(err);
+        }
+
         // update name, start_url, orientation, and fullscreen from manifest
         if (manifest.short_name) {
           config.setName(manifest.short_name.replace(/\//g,'').replace(/\s/g,''));