diff --git a/config/nginx.conf b/config/nginx.conf
index 0d70eb1..2d71aeb 100644
--- a/config/nginx.conf
+++ b/config/nginx.conf
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ server {
         # also turn off last-modified since they are just the timestamps of the file in the docker image
         # and may or may not bear any resemblance to when the resource changed
         add_header Last-Modified "";
-
-        try_files $uri /$uri /index.html;
     }
 
     # assets can be cached because they have hashed filenames
@@ -37,8 +35,6 @@ server {
         # also turn off last-modified since they are just the timestamps of the file in the docker image
         # and may or may not bear any resemblance to when the resource changed
         add_header Last-Modified "";
-
-        try_files $uri /$uri /index.html;
     }
 
     # assets can be cached because they have hashed filenames