diff --git a/crawler4j/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/crawler4j/crawler/CrawlController.java b/crawler4j/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/crawler4j/crawler/CrawlController.java
index ceea2ce4e..c2788d385 100644
--- a/crawler4j/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/crawler4j/crawler/CrawlController.java
+++ b/crawler4j/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/crawler4j/crawler/CrawlController.java
@@ -155,6 +155,21 @@ public interface WebCrawlerFactory<T extends WebCrawler> {
         T newInstance() throws Exception;
     }
 
+    private static class SingleInstanceFactory<T extends WebCrawler>
+        implements WebCrawlerFactory<T> {
+
+        final T instance;
+
+        SingleInstanceFactory(T instance) {
+            this.instance = instance;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public T newInstance() throws Exception {
+            return this.instance;
+        }
+    }
+
     private static class DefaultWebCrawlerFactory<T extends WebCrawler>
         implements WebCrawlerFactory<T> {
         final Class<T> clazz;
@@ -188,6 +203,18 @@ public <T extends WebCrawler> void start(Class<T> clazz, int numberOfCrawlers) {
         this.start(new DefaultWebCrawlerFactory<>(clazz), numberOfCrawlers, true);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Start the crawling session and wait for it to finish.
+     * This method depends on a single instance of a crawler. Only that instance will be used for crawling.
+     *
+     * @param instance
+     *            the instance of a class that implements the logic for crawler threads
+     * @param <T> Your class extending WebCrawler
+     */
+    public <T extends WebCrawler> void start(T instance) {
+        this.start(new SingleInstanceFactory<>(instance), 1, true);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Start the crawling session and wait for it to finish.
      *
diff --git a/crawler4j/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/crawler4j/crawler/WebCrawler.java b/crawler4j/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/crawler4j/crawler/WebCrawler.java
index 786afe752..9f43aae57 100644
--- a/crawler4j/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/crawler4j/crawler/WebCrawler.java
+++ b/crawler4j/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/crawler4j/crawler/WebCrawler.java
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ protected void onRedirectedStatusCode(Page page) {
         //Subclasses can override this to add their custom functionality
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Emitted when the crawler is redirected to an invalid Location.
+     * @param page
+     */
+    protected void onRedirectedToInvalidUrl(Page page) {
+        logger.warn("Unexpected error, URL: {} is redirected to NOTHING",
+            page.url.getURL());
+    }
+
     /**
      * This function is called if the crawler encountered an unexpected http status code ( a
      * status code other than 3xx)
@@ -405,8 +414,7 @@ private void processPage(WebURL curURL) {
 
                     String movedToUrl = fetchResult.getMovedToUrl();
                     if (movedToUrl == null) {
-                        logger.warn("Unexpected error, URL: {} is redirected to NOTHING",
-                                    curURL);
+                        onRedirectedToInvalidUrl(page);
                         return;
                     }
                     page.setRedirectedToUrl(movedToUrl);