diff --git a/backend/nginx.config b/backend/nginx.config
index 744b9d5f..591e853a 100644
--- a/backend/nginx.config
+++ b/backend/nginx.config
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ server {
 
     location / {
         root /var/www/myreactapp;
-        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
+        index index.html;
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
     }
 
     client_max_body_size 20M;