diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dda9e87..347aa9a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ correspond to git tags (`vX.Y.Z`) and `nodejs/package.json`'s `version`.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-## [1.1.7] - 2026-07-16
+## [1.1.8] - 2026-07-17
+
+### Fixed
+- **Couldn't attach an existing host to a parent wildcard.** The host edit form's "Parent Wildcard" option submitted correctly, but `Host.prototype.update()` had no `challengeType` handling at all (only `Host.create()` did) — selecting it and saving silently did nothing. Added the same wildcard-parent lookup to `update()`.
+- **Couldn't register a wildcard's own base domain as a host.** A wildcard cert's `altNames` already cover both the base domain and `*.base domain`, but the lookup tree stores the wildcard one level below its base domain, and a lookup for the bare base domain landed on that empty parent node and found nothing — even though the already-issued cert covers it. `buildLookUpObj()` now also stamps the parent node so this resolves correctly, without re-issuing or duplicating the cert.
+
+Both required a corrected lookup: attaching an *existing* host (which already has its own tree leaf) needed a new `Host.lookUpWildcardParent()` that checks the sibling wildcard slot instead of resolving to the host's own record.
 
 ### Changed
 - Redesigned the GitHub Pages docs site to match the app's own look (dark navbar/footer, Bootstrap 5, Font Awesome) instead of the generic `jekyll-theme-cayman` theme, added a real cross-page nav, SEO (`jekyll-seo-tag` + `jekyll-sitemap`, per-page descriptions, OG/Twitter tags, sitemap.xml, robots.txt), and mobile-responsive layout.
@@ -54,7 +60,8 @@ First tagged release. Establishes the `vX.Y.Z` tag convention that the in-app up
 - Standalone backup script (`ops/backup.sh`) for deployments not using theta-env's orchestrator — snapshots Redis and `./config`, with retention.
 - Admin-only in-app banner that checks GitHub releases every 24h and surfaces available updates.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/theta42/proxy/compare/v1.1.7...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/theta42/proxy/compare/v1.1.8...HEAD
+[1.1.8]: https://github.com/theta42/proxy/compare/v1.1.7...v1.1.8
 [1.1.7]: https://github.com/theta42/proxy/compare/v1.1.6...v1.1.7
 [1.1.6]: https://github.com/theta42/proxy/compare/v1.1.5...v1.1.6
 [1.1.5]: https://github.com/theta42/proxy/compare/v1.1.4...v1.1.5
diff --git a/nodejs/models/host.js b/nodejs/models/host.js
index 445bf06..ccfebc0 100755
--- a/nodejs/models/host.js
+++ b/nodejs/models/host.js
@@ -320,9 +320,30 @@ class Host extends Table{
 		}
 	}
 
-	async update(...args){
+	async update(data, ...args){
 		try{
-			let out = await super.update(...args)
+			// Mirror Host.create()'s challengeType handling (lines above) so an
+			// existing HTTP-01 host can be attached to a parent wildcard's cert
+			// after creation -- previously this was silently dropped since only
+			// create() understood challengeType, leaving no way to convert an
+			// existing host onto a wildcard once one was issued.
+			if(data && data.challengeType === 'wildcardChild'){
+				// Not Host.lookUp() -- this.host already has its own leaf in the
+				// tree (it already exists), so a plain lookUp() would just find
+				// itself. lookUpWildcardParent() checks the sibling "*" slot
+				// instead. See its comment for why create()'s own wildcardChild
+				// branch doesn't need this (a host being newly created hasn't
+				// claimed its own leaf yet, so plain lookUp() already falls
+				// through to the wildcard correctly there).
+				let parentHost = Host.lookUpWildcardParent(this.host);
+				if(parentHost && parentHost.is_wildcard){
+					data.wildcard_parent = parentHost.host;
+				}else{
+					throw new Error(`No parent wild card for ${this.host}`);
+				}
+			}
+
+			let out = await super.update(data, ...args)
 			await this.bustCache(this.host);
 			await Host.buildLookUpObj();
 
@@ -385,6 +406,25 @@ class Host extends Table{
 					// #record denotes a leaf node on this tree.
 					if(fragments.length === 0){
 						pointer[fragment]['#record'] = await this.get(host)
+
+						// A single-level wildcard's issued cert also covers its own
+						// base domain (createWildcardCert requests altNames:
+						// [domain, *.domain] -- see utils/letsencrypt.js), but the
+						// base domain sits one level ABOVE the wildcard's own leaf
+						// in this tree (e.g. "*.cool.mysite.com" is a child of the
+						// node for "cool.mysite.com"). Without this, looking up the
+						// bare base domain when it has no host of its own falls
+						// through to nothing, even though the already-issued cert
+						// covers it. `pointer` here is still that parent node
+						// (reassigned to the child only below) -- stamp it too, but
+						// only if a real, explicitly-created host at that exact
+						// name hasn't already claimed this leaf (order-independent:
+						// this only ever fills a gap -- a real host's own pass
+						// through this loop always overwrites #record
+						// unconditionally when it's finalized, see above).
+						if(fragment === '*' && !pointer['#record']){
+							pointer['#record'] = pointer[fragment]['#record'];
+						}
 					}
 
 					// Advance the pointer to the next level of the tree.
@@ -445,6 +485,26 @@ class Host extends Table{
 		if(parent && parent['*'] && parent['*']['#record']) return parent['*']['#record'];
 	}
 
+	// Find the wildcard covering @host as its own base domain (e.g.
+	// "*.cool.mysite.com" for host="cool.mysite.com"), regardless of whether
+	// @host is already registered as its own host. Unlike lookUp(), which
+	// walks to and returns @host's own exact-match leaf when one exists, this
+	// walks to that exact position and looks one level deeper at its "*"
+	// child -- the sibling wildcard slot -- so it still finds the parent
+	// wildcard even when @host already has its own (non-wildcard) record.
+	// Used when attaching an already-created host to a wildcard after the
+	// fact (see update() below); Host.create()'s own wildcardChild handling
+	// can keep using plain lookUp() since a host being newly created hasn't
+	// claimed its own leaf yet.
+	static lookUpWildcardParent(host){
+		let place = this.lookUpObj;
+		for(let fragment of host.split('.').reverse()){
+			if(!place[fragment]) return undefined;
+			place = place[fragment];
+		}
+		if(place['*'] && place['*']['#record']) return place['*']['#record'];
+	}
+
 	static async lookUpReady(){
 		/*
 		Wait for the lookup tree to be built.
diff --git a/nodejs/package-lock.json b/nodejs/package-lock.json
index 67e212f..8d454d9 100644
--- a/nodejs/package-lock.json
+++ b/nodejs/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "proxy-api",
-  "version": "1.1.7",
+  "version": "1.1.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "proxy-api",
-      "version": "1.1.7",
+      "version": "1.1.8",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@fortawesome/fontawesome-free": "^7.3.0",
diff --git a/nodejs/package.json b/nodejs/package.json
index 2623323..b4fee40 100644
--- a/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "proxy-api",
-  "version": "1.1.7",
+  "version": "1.1.8",
   "private": true,
   "author": [
     {
diff --git a/nodejs/test/unit/host_lookup.test.js b/nodejs/test/unit/host_lookup.test.js
index 0ba8138..9b7b097 100644
--- a/nodejs/test/unit/host_lookup.test.js
+++ b/nodejs/test/unit/host_lookup.test.js
@@ -136,6 +136,125 @@ describe('Host Lookup Algorithm', () => {
 	});
 });
 
+/**
+ * Tests for the wildcard's-own-base-domain fix: a single-level wildcard's
+ * issued cert also covers its own base domain (altNames: [domain, *.domain],
+ * see utils/letsencrypt.js), but that base domain sits one tree level ABOVE
+ * the wildcard's own leaf. buildLookUpObj() now also stamps that parent
+ * node's #record, and lookUpWildcardParent() finds it even when the base
+ * domain is ALSO separately registered as its own plain host (the "attach an
+ * existing host to a parent wildcard" case, unlike lookUp() which would just
+ * resolve to that host's own record).
+ */
+describe('Host wildcard base-domain lookup', () => {
+
+	let Host;
+
+	before(async () => {
+		Host = createMockHostClassWithWildcardParentFix();
+	});
+
+	test('lookUp finds the wildcard record for its own bare base domain when no plain host exists', async () => {
+		await populateTree(Host, ['*.cool.mysite.com']);
+		const result = Host.lookUp('cool.mysite.com');
+		assert.ok(result, 'Should find a match');
+		assert.strictEqual(result.host, '*.cool.mysite.com');
+	});
+
+	test('lookUp still prefers an explicitly-created plain host over the wildcard, regardless of population order', async () => {
+		await populateTree(Host, ['*.cool.mysite.com', 'cool.mysite.com']);
+		assert.strictEqual(Host.lookUp('cool.mysite.com').host, 'cool.mysite.com');
+
+		await populateTree(Host, ['cool.mysite.com', '*.cool.mysite.com']);
+		assert.strictEqual(Host.lookUp('cool.mysite.com').host, 'cool.mysite.com');
+	});
+
+	test('lookUpWildcardParent finds the wildcard even when the base domain already has its own plain host', async () => {
+		await populateTree(Host, ['*.cool.mysite.com', 'cool.mysite.com']);
+		const result = Host.lookUpWildcardParent('cool.mysite.com');
+		assert.ok(result, 'Should find the sibling wildcard');
+		assert.strictEqual(result.host, '*.cool.mysite.com');
+	});
+
+	test('lookUpWildcardParent returns undefined when there is no wildcard sibling', async () => {
+		await populateTree(Host, ['cool.mysite.com']);
+		assert.strictEqual(Host.lookUpWildcardParent('cool.mysite.com'), undefined);
+	});
+
+	test('lookUpWildcardParent returns undefined for an unrelated host', async () => {
+		await populateTree(Host, ['*.cool.mysite.com']);
+		assert.strictEqual(Host.lookUpWildcardParent('other.example.com'), undefined);
+	});
+});
+
+/**
+ * Same mock shape as createMockHostClass() above, plus the parent-record
+ * stamp in the tree-population loop and the lookUpWildcardParent() method --
+ * both copied from the real implementation in models/host.js.
+ */
+function createMockHostClassWithWildcardParentFix() {
+	return class MockHost {
+		static lookUpObj = {};
+
+		static lookUp(host) {
+			let place = this.lookUpObj;
+			let last_resort = {};
+			let parent = undefined;
+
+			for(let fragment of host.split('.').reverse()){
+				parent = place;
+				if(place['**']) last_resort = place['**'];
+				if({...last_resort, ...place}[fragment]){
+					place = {...last_resort, ...place}[fragment];
+				}else if(place['*']){
+					place = place['*']
+				}else if(last_resort){
+					place = last_resort;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if(place && place['#record']) return place['#record'];
+			if(parent && parent['*'] && parent['*']['#record']) return parent['*']['#record'];
+		}
+
+		static lookUpWildcardParent(host) {
+			let place = this.lookUpObj;
+			for(let fragment of host.split('.').reverse()){
+				if(!place[fragment]) return undefined;
+				place = place[fragment];
+			}
+			if(place['*'] && place['*']['#record']) return place['*']['#record'];
+		}
+	};
+}
+
+async function populateTree(Host, hosts) {
+	Host.lookUpObj = {};
+
+	for(let host of hosts){
+		let fragments = host.split('.');
+		let pointer = Host.lookUpObj;
+
+		while(fragments.length){
+			let fragment = fragments.pop();
+
+			if(!pointer[fragment]){
+				pointer[fragment] = {};
+			}
+
+			if(fragments.length === 0){
+				pointer[fragment]['#record'] = {host};
+
+				if(fragment === '*' && !pointer['#record']){
+					pointer['#record'] = pointer[fragment]['#record'];
+				}
+			}
+
+			pointer = pointer[fragment];
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Creates a mock Host class with just the lookUp functionality
  * This allows us to test the algorithm without Redis dependencies