diff --git src/java/org/apache/nutch/host/HostDbUpdateReducer.java src/java/org/apache/nutch/host/HostDbUpdateReducer.java
index acba4ed..f7e792c 100644
--- src/java/org/apache/nutch/host/HostDbUpdateReducer.java
+++ src/java/org/apache/nutch/host/HostDbUpdateReducer.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class HostDbUpdateReducer extends GoraReducer<Text, WebPage, String, Host
     }
     
     // output host data
-    Host host = new Host();
+    Host host = Host.newBuilder().build();
     host.getMetadata().put(new Utf8("p"),ByteBuffer.wrap(Integer.toString(numPages).getBytes()));
     if (numFetched > 0) {
       host.getMetadata().put(new Utf8("f"),ByteBuffer.wrap(Integer.toString(numFetched).getBytes()));
diff --git src/java/org/apache/nutch/host/HostInjectorJob.java src/java/org/apache/nutch/host/HostInjectorJob.java
index 8780457..0a65fec 100644
--- src/java/org/apache/nutch/host/HostInjectorJob.java
+++ src/java/org/apache/nutch/host/HostInjectorJob.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class HostInjectorJob implements Tool {
       }
 
       // now add the metadata
-      Host host = new Host();
+      Host host = Host.newBuilder().build();
 
       Iterator<String> keysIter = metadata.keySet().iterator();
       while (keysIter.hasNext()) {