diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 10d316c44..ed4f1a279 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 worker_processes 1;
 
-user nobody nogroup;
+user root nogroup;
 pid /tmp/nginx.pid;
 error_log /tmp/nginx.error.log;
 
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ http {
     access_log /tmp/nginx.access.log combined;
     sendfile on;
 
+    root /root/quay/;
+
     upstream app_server {
         server unix:/tmp/gunicorn.sock fail_timeout=0;
         # For a TCP configuration:
@@ -37,8 +39,8 @@ http {
         keepalive_timeout 5;
 
         ssl on;
-        ssl_certificate ./certs/quay-unified.cert;
-        ssl_certificate_key ./certs/quay.key;
+        ssl_certificate ./certs/quay-staging-unified.cert;
+        ssl_certificate_key ./certs/quay-staging.key;
         ssl_session_timeout 5m;
         ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1;
         ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv3:+EXP;
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ http {
 
         location /static/ {
             # checks for static file, if not found proxy to app
-            alias /home/ubuntu/quay/static/;
+            alias /root/quay/static/;
         }
 
         location / {