diff --git a/contrib/configs/nginx/nntpchan b/contrib/configs/nginx/nntpchan
index 4af45e3..5290e3f 100644
--- a/contrib/configs/nginx/nntpchan
+++ b/contrib/configs/nginx/nntpchan
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 # make sure to set prefix=/nntpchan/ for section frontend in srnd.ini
 server {
     listen 80;
-    location /nntpchan/ {
+    location /nntpchan/(.*) {
         client_max_body_size 50M;
         proxy_set_header Host $host;
         proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-        rewrite ^/nntpchan/(.*) /$1;
-        proxy_pass http://[::1]:18000/;
+        proxy_pass http://[::1]:18000/$1;
     }
 }