diff --git a/doc/changelog.txt b/doc/changelog.txt
index b20ce49f..ae05c52d 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.txt
+++ b/doc/changelog.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Changes:
 - logging: All sitemap loggers log all valid URLs regardless of the
   --warnings or --complete options. This way the sitemaps can be
   logged to file without changing the output of URLs in other loggers.
+- logging: Ignored warnings are now never logged, even when the URL
+  has errors.
 
 Fixes:
 - logging: Close logger properly on I/O errors.
diff --git a/linkcheck/checker/urlbase.py b/linkcheck/checker/urlbase.py
index ee4518f4..e0770677 100644
--- a/linkcheck/checker/urlbase.py
+++ b/linkcheck/checker/urlbase.py
@@ -135,9 +135,6 @@ class UrlBase (object):
         """
         self.base_ref = base_ref
         self.base_url = base_url.strip() if base_url else base_url
-        if self.base_url != base_url:
-            self.add_warning(_("Leading or trailing whitespace in URL `%(url)s'.") %
-                               {"url": base_url}, tag=WARN_URL_WHITESPACE)
         self.parent_url = parent_url
         self.recursion_level = recursion_level
         self.aggregate = aggregate
@@ -155,6 +152,9 @@ class UrlBase (object):
         url = absolute_url(self.base_url, base_ref, parent_url)
         # assume file link if no scheme is found
         self.scheme = url.split(":", 1)[0] or "file"
+        if self.base_url != base_url:
+            self.add_warning(_("Leading or trailing whitespace in URL `%(url)s'.") %
+                               {"url": base_url}, tag=WARN_URL_WHITESPACE)
 
     def reset (self):
         """
@@ -305,7 +305,8 @@ class UrlBase (object):
         Add a warning string.
         """
         item = (tag, s)
-        if item not in self.warnings:
+        if item not in self.warnings and \
+           tag not in self.aggregate.config["ignorewarnings"]:
             self.warnings.append(item)
 
     def add_info (self, s):
diff --git a/linkcheck/director/logger.py b/linkcheck/director/logger.py
index 1313a259..2463495b 100644
--- a/linkcheck/director/logger.py
+++ b/linkcheck/director/logger.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ class Logger (object):
         """Initialize basic logging variables."""
         self.loggers = [config['logger']]
         self.loggers.extend(config['fileoutput'])
-        self.ignorewarnings = config["ignorewarnings"]
         self.verbose = config["verbose"]
         self.complete = config["complete"]
         self.warnings = config["warnings"]
@@ -60,12 +59,7 @@ class Logger (object):
             return False
         if self.verbose:
             return True
-        has_warnings = False
-        for tag, dummy in url_data.warnings:
-            if tag not in self.ignorewarnings:
-                has_warnings = True
-                break
-        if self.warnings and has_warnings:
+        if self.warnings and url_data.warnings:
             return True
         return not url_data.valid