diff --git a/roles/matrix-server/templates/nginx-conf.d/matrix-synapse.conf.j2 b/roles/matrix-server/templates/nginx-conf.d/matrix-synapse.conf.j2
index 4e6aeb20..76673ef4 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-server/templates/nginx-conf.d/matrix-synapse.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-server/templates/nginx-conf.d/matrix-synapse.conf.j2
@@ -107,6 +107,6 @@ server {
 	}
 
 	location / {
-		set $location "/_matrix/static/";
+		rewrite ^/$ /_matrix/static/ last;
 	}
 }