diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 776e3c89295e49b3d4b87021fd177ae6a60ad06e..b1a4d31d8d61c35ab78d0b999c673d28a23b5a2d 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ server {
 
     client_max_body_size 4G;
 
+    location = / {
+        absolute_redirect off;
+        return 301 /geocontrib/ ;
+    }
+
     location /geocontrib/api {
         proxy_pass_header Set-Cookie;
         proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
@@ -46,7 +51,5 @@ server {
         index index.html;
         try_files $uri $uri/ /geocontrib/index.html;
     }
-   
-
 }