diff --git a/deployment/nginx/huginn b/deployment/nginx/huginn
index 8e6b8413..eedc933e 100644
--- a/deployment/nginx/huginn
+++ b/deployment/nginx/huginn
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ server {
   ## WARNING: If you are using relative urls remove the block below
   ## See config/application.rb under "Relative url support" for the list of
   ## other files that need to be changed for relative url support
-  location ~ ^/(assets)/ {
-    root /home/huginn/huginn/public;
+  location /assets/ {
     gzip_static on; # to serve pre-gzipped version
     expires max;
     add_header Cache-Control public;
diff --git a/deployment/nginx/huginn-ssl b/deployment/nginx/huginn-ssl
index 7da9e801..addf2be0 100644
--- a/deployment/nginx/huginn-ssl
+++ b/deployment/nginx/huginn-ssl
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ server {
   ## WARNING: If you are using relative urls remove the block below
   ## See config/application.rb under "Relative url support" for the list of
   ## other files that need to be changed for relative url support
-  location ~ ^/(assets)/ {
-    root /home/huginn/huginn/public;
+  location /assets/ {
     gzip_static on; # to serve pre-gzipped version
     expires max;
     add_header Cache-Control public;