diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 870c88c..cb90e95 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 - Add config flag to allow Headscale to start if OIDC provider is down [#829](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/829)
 - Random node DNS suffix only applied if names collide in namespace. [#766](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/766)
 - Remove `ip_prefix` configuration option and warning [#899](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/899)
+- Fix some DNS config issues [#660](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/660)
 
 ## 0.16.4 (2022-08-21)
 
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 1a9d0af..056d93f 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -434,17 +434,17 @@ func GetDNSConfig() (*tailcfg.DNSConfig, string) {
 		}
 
 		if viper.IsSet("dns_config.domains") {
-			dnsConfig.Domains = viper.GetStringSlice("dns_config.domains")
+			domains := viper.GetStringSlice("dns_config.domains")
+			if len(dnsConfig.Nameservers) > 0 {
+				dnsConfig.Domains = domains
+			} else if domains != nil {
+				log.Warn().
+					Msg("Warning: dns_config.domains is set, but no nameservers are configured. Ignoring domains.")
+			}
 		}
 
 		if viper.IsSet("dns_config.magic_dns") {
-			magicDNS := viper.GetBool("dns_config.magic_dns")
-			if len(dnsConfig.Nameservers) > 0 {
-				dnsConfig.Proxied = magicDNS
-			} else if magicDNS {
-				log.Warn().
-					Msg("Warning: dns_config.magic_dns is set, but no nameservers are configured. Ignoring magic_dns.")
-			}
+			dnsConfig.Proxied = viper.GetBool("dns_config.magic_dns")
 		}
 
 		var baseDomain string