diff --git a/document.go b/document.go
index 199feed8..654d003c 100644
--- a/document.go
+++ b/document.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ type document struct {
 
 	// skip optional errors like circular reference errors.
 	// if configured
-	errorFilter func(error) bool
+	errorFilter []func(error) bool
 }
 
 // DocumentModel represents either a Swagger document (version 2) or an OpenAPI document (version 3) that is
@@ -118,12 +118,12 @@ type DocumentModel[T v2high.Swagger | v3high.Document] struct {
 func NewDocument(specByteArray []byte, options ...ConfigurationOption) (Document, error) {
 	// sane defaults directly visible to the user.
 	config := &Configuration{
-		RemoteURLHandler:                http.Get,
-		AllowFileReferences:             false,
-		AllowRemoteReferences:           false,
-		AvoidIndexBuild:                 false,
-		BypassDocumentCheck:             false,
-		AllowCircularReferenceResolving: true,
+		RemoteURLHandler:                 http.Get,
+		AllowFileReferences:              false,
+		AllowRemoteReferences:            false,
+		AvoidIndexBuild:                  false,
+		BypassDocumentCheck:              false,
+		ForbidCircularReferenceResolving: false,
 	}
 
 	var err error
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func NewDocumentWithConfiguration(specByteArray []byte, config *Configuration) (
 		info:              info,
 		highOpenAPI3Model: nil,
 		highSwaggerModel:  nil,
-		errorFilter:       defaultErrorFilter,
+		errorFilter:       []func(error) bool{defaultErrorFilter},
 	}
 
 	d.SetConfiguration(config)
@@ -162,14 +162,19 @@ func (d *document) SetConfiguration(config *Configuration) {
 	d.config = config
 
 	if config == nil {
-		d.errorFilter = defaultErrorFilter
+		d.errorFilter = []func(error) bool{defaultErrorFilter}
 		return
 	}
 
-	d.errorFilter = errorutils.AndFilter(
+	if config.RemoteURLHandler == nil {
+		// set default handler if
+		config.RemoteURLHandler = http.Get
+	}
+
+	d.errorFilter = []func(error) bool{
 		// more filters can be added here if needed
-		circularReferenceErrorFilter(config.AllowCircularReferenceResolving),
-	)
+		circularReferenceErrorFilter(config.ForbidCircularReferenceResolving),
+	}
 }
 
 func NewDocumentWithTypeCheck(specByteArray []byte, bypassCheck bool) (Document, error) {
@@ -250,7 +255,7 @@ func (d *document) BuildV2Model() (*DocumentModel[v2high.Swagger], error) {
 	}
 
 	lowDoc, err := v2low.CreateDocumentFromConfig(d.info, d.config.toModelConfig())
-	err = errorutils.Filtered(err, d.errorFilter)
+	err = errorutils.Filtered(err, d.errorFilter...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -282,7 +287,7 @@ func (d *document) BuildV3Model() (*DocumentModel[v3high.Document], error) {
 	}
 
 	lowDoc, err = v3low.CreateDocumentFromConfig(d.info, d.config.toModelConfig())
-	err = errorutils.Filtered(err, d.errorFilter)
+	err = errorutils.Filtered(err, d.errorFilter...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/document_config.go b/document_config.go
index d27dbf6d..101f4b4d 100644
--- a/document_config.go
+++ b/document_config.go
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	// passed in and used. Only enable this when parsing non openapi documents.
 	BypassDocumentCheck bool
 
-	// AllowCircularReferences will allow circular references to be resolved. This is disabled by default.
-	// Will return an error in case of circular references.
-	AllowCircularReferenceResolving bool
+	// ForbidCircularReferenceResolving will forbid circular references to be resolved. This is disabled by default.
+	// Will return an error in case of circular references if set to true.
+	ForbidCircularReferenceResolving bool
 }
 
 func (c *Configuration) toModelConfig() *datamodel.DocumentConfiguration {
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ func WithBypassDocumentCheck(bypass bool) ConfigurationOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithAllowCircularReferenceResolving returns an error for every detected circular reference if set to false.
-// If set to true, circular references will be resolved (default behavior).
-func WithAllowCircularReferenceResolving(allow bool) ConfigurationOption {
+// WithForbidCircularReferenceResolving returns an error for every detected circular reference if set to true.
+// If set to false, circular references will be resolved (default behavior).
+func WithForbidCircularReferenceResolving(forbidden bool) ConfigurationOption {
 	return func(o *Configuration) error {
-		o.AllowCircularReferenceResolving = allow
+		o.ForbidCircularReferenceResolving = forbidden
 		return nil
 	}
 }
diff --git a/document_examples_test.go b/document_examples_test.go
index 31e5ce22..d02dfa8d 100644
--- a/document_examples_test.go
+++ b/document_examples_test.go
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ components:
         - testThing
 `
 	// create a new document from specification bytes
-	doc, err := NewDocument([]byte(spec), WithAllowCircularReferenceResolving(false))
+	doc, err := NewDocument([]byte(spec), WithForbidCircularReferenceResolving(true))
 
 	// if anything went wrong, an error is thrown
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/document_test.go b/document_test.go
index 8580f15a..8221a4fe 100644
--- a/document_test.go
+++ b/document_test.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func TestDocument_RenderAndReload_ChangeCheck_Burgershop(t *testing.T) {
 func TestDocument_RenderAndReload_ChangeCheck_Stripe(t *testing.T) {
 
 	bs, _ := os.ReadFile("test_specs/stripe.yaml")
-	doc, err := NewDocument(bs, WithAllowCircularReferenceResolving(true))
+	doc, err := NewDocument(bs)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	_, err = doc.BuildV3Model()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -321,9 +321,10 @@ func TestDocument_AnyDocWithConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDocument_BuildModelCircular(t *testing.T) {
 	petstore, _ := os.ReadFile("test_specs/circular-tests.yaml")
-	doc, err := NewDocument(petstore, WithAllowCircularReferenceResolving(false))
+	doc, err := NewDocument(petstore, WithForbidCircularReferenceResolving(true))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	m, err := doc.BuildV3Model()
+	require.Error(t, err)
 
 	// top level library does not return broken objects
 	// with an error, only one or the other
diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index 661e2abc..3a98f768 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -32,18 +32,15 @@ func isCircularErr(err error) bool {
 // returns a filter function that checks if a given error is a circular reference error
 // and in case that circular references are allowed or not, it returns false
 // in order to skip the error or true in order to keep the error in the wrapped error list.
-func circularReferenceErrorFilter(refAllowed bool) func(error) (keep bool) {
+func circularReferenceErrorFilter(forbidden bool) func(error) (keep bool) {
 	return func(err error) bool {
 		if err == nil {
 			return false
 		}
 
 		if isCircularErr(err) {
-			if refAllowed {
-				return false
-			} else {
-				return true
-			}
+			// if forbidded -> keep the error and pass it to the user
+			return forbidden
 		}
 
 		// keep unknown error
diff --git a/index/find_component_test.go b/index/find_component_test.go
index f92d12c4..a2191850 100644
--- a/index/find_component_test.go
+++ b/index/find_component_test.go
@@ -177,8 +177,10 @@ paths:
 
 	// extract crs param from index
 	crsParam := index.GetMappedReferences()["https://schemas.opengis.net/ogcapi/features/part2/1.0/openapi/ogcapi-features-2.yaml#/components/parameters/crs"]
-	assert.NotNil(t, crsParam)
+	require.NotNil(t, crsParam)
 	assert.True(t, crsParam.IsRemote)
+	require.NotNil(t, crsParam.Node)
+	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, len(crsParam.Node.Content), 10)
 	assert.Equal(t, "crs", crsParam.Node.Content[1].Value)
 	assert.Equal(t, "query", crsParam.Node.Content[3].Value)
 	assert.Equal(t, "form", crsParam.Node.Content[9].Value)
diff --git a/internal/errorutils/filter.go b/internal/errorutils/filter.go
index f19f5ff8..71c64dec 100644
--- a/internal/errorutils/filter.go
+++ b/internal/errorutils/filter.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ func Filtered(err error, filters ...func(error) (keep bool)) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	errs := ShallowUnwrap(err)
-	filtered := Filter(errs, AndFilter(filters...))
+	filtered := Filter(errs, and(filters...))
 	if len(filtered) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -14,21 +14,26 @@ func Filtered(err error, filters ...func(error) (keep bool)) error {
 
 func Filter(errs []error, filter func(error) (keep bool)) []error {
 	var result []error
+	var keep bool
 	for _, err := range errs {
-		if filter(err) {
+		keep = filter(err)
+		if keep {
 			result = append(result, err)
 		}
 	}
 	return result
 }
 
-func AndFilter(filters ...func(error) (keep bool)) func(error) (keep bool) {
+func and(filters ...func(error) (keep bool)) func(error) (keep bool) {
 	return func(err error) bool {
+		var keep bool
 		for _, filter := range filters {
-			if !filter(err) {
+			keep = filter(err)
+			if !keep {
 				return false
 			}
 		}
+		// all true -> true
 		return true
 	}
 }
diff --git a/resolver/resolver_test.go b/resolver/resolver_test.go
index 17d0d329..5729ac9b 100644
--- a/resolver/resolver_test.go
+++ b/resolver/resolver_test.go
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ func TestResolver_CheckForCircularReferences_DigitalOcean(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotNil(t, resolver)
 
 	circ := resolver.CheckForCircularReferences()
-	assert.Len(t, circ, 0)
-	assert.Len(t, resolver.GetResolvingErrors(), 0)
-	assert.Len(t, resolver.GetCircularErrors(), 0)
+	require.Len(t, circ, 0)
+	require.Len(t, resolver.GetResolvingErrors(), 0)
+	require.Len(t, resolver.GetCircularErrors(), 0)
 
 	_, err := yaml.Marshal(resolver.resolvedRoot)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestResolver_CircularReferencesRequiredValid(t *testing.T) {