diff --git a/docs/example.nginx.conf b/docs/example.nginx.conf
index 37cb0da60..d56920bf5 100644
--- a/docs/example.nginx.conf
+++ b/docs/example.nginx.conf
@@ -66,11 +66,14 @@ server {
         rewrite ^/customize/(.*)$ $1 break;
         try_files /customize/$uri /customize.dist/$uri;
     }
-    location = /api/config {
-        default_type text/javascript;
-        rewrite ^.*$ /customize/api/config break;
-    }
 
+    location = /api/config {
+        proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        }
+        
     location ^~ /blob/ {
         try_files $uri =404;
     }