diff --git a/docker/webserver/nginx_templates/app.conf.template b/docker/webserver/nginx_templates/app.conf.template
index 7a3425469..9cc9b82c0 100644
--- a/docker/webserver/nginx_templates/app.conf.template
+++ b/docker/webserver/nginx_templates/app.conf.template
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ server {
 
     # redirect to non-https version for connection test
     location / {
-        return 301 http://conn.${INTERNETNL_DOMAINNAME};
+        return 301 http://conn.${INTERNETNL_DOMAINNAME}$request_uri;
     }
 }