diff --git a/conf/init/nginx_conf_create.py b/conf/init/nginx_conf_create.py
index 94826f59c..9937c53b0 100644
--- a/conf/init/nginx_conf_create.py
+++ b/conf/init/nginx_conf_create.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import jinja2
 QUAYPATH = os.getenv("QUAYPATH", ".")
 QUAYDIR = os.getenv("QUAYDIR", "/")
 QUAYCONF_DIR = os.getenv("QUAYCONF", os.path.join(QUAYDIR, QUAYPATH, "conf"))
-STATIC_DIR = os.path.join(QUAYDIR, 'static/')
+STATIC_DIR = os.path.join(QUAYDIR, 'static')
 
 def write_config(filename, **kwargs):
   with open(filename + ".jnj") as f:
diff --git a/conf/nginx/server-base.conf.jnj b/conf/nginx/server-base.conf.jnj
index 9115f04b1..d017c02ea 100644
--- a/conf/nginx/server-base.conf.jnj
+++ b/conf/nginx/server-base.conf.jnj
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ location /c1/ {
 
 location /static/ {
     # checks for static file, if not found proxy to app
-    alias      {{static_dir}};
+    alias      {{static_dir}}/;
     error_page 404 /404;
 }