diff --git a/deploy/Dockerfile.prod b/deploy/Dockerfile.prod
index f6a54e43..b6b16306 100644
--- a/deploy/Dockerfile.prod
+++ b/deploy/Dockerfile.prod
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ RUN curl -O http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.24.0.tar.gz \
 ENV PATH="/usr/local/nginx/sbin:$PATH"
 
 # Set up Nginx and Supervisor configurations
-RUN echo "daemon off;" >> /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
 RUN rm /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
-ADD ./nginx-app.conf /usr/local/nginx/conf/
+ADD ./nginx-app.conf /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
 ADD ./supervisor-app.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/
 
 # Copy Python app files
diff --git a/nginx-app.conf b/nginx-app.conf
index 4d149a1b..fd037c3a 100644
--- a/nginx-app.conf
+++ b/nginx-app.conf
@@ -1,27 +1,33 @@
 # mysite_nginx.conf
 
-# the upstream component nginx needs to connect to
-upstream flask {
-    server unix:/tmp/app.sock; # for a file socket
-    # server 127.0.0.1:8001; # for a web port socket (we'll use this first)
+events {
+    worker_connections 1024;
 }
 
-# configuration of the server
-server {
-    # the port your site will be served on, default_server indicates that this server block
-    # is the block to use if no blocks match the server_name
-    listen      80 default_server;
+http {
+  # the upstream component nginx needs to connect to
+  upstream flask {
+      server unix:/tmp/app.sock; # for a file socket
+      # server 127.0.0.1:8001; # for a web port socket (we'll use this first)
+  }
 
-    # the domain name it will serve for
-    server_name get.replicated.com; # substitute your machine's IP address or FQDN
-    charset     utf-8;
+  # configuration of the server
+  server {
+      # the port your site will be served on, default_server indicates that this server block
+      # is the block to use if no blocks match the server_name
+      listen      80 default_server;
 
-    # max upload size
-    client_max_body_size 75M;   # adjust to taste
+      # the domain name it will serve for
+      server_name get.replicated.com; # substitute your machine's IP address or FQDN
+      charset     utf-8;
 
-    # Finally, send all non-media requests to the Flask server.
-    location / {
-        uwsgi_pass  flask;
-        include     /home/docker/code/uwsgi_params; # the uwsgi_params file you installed
-    }
+      # max upload size
+      client_max_body_size 75M;   # adjust to taste
+
+      # Finally, send all non-media requests to the Flask server.
+      location / {
+          uwsgi_pass  flask;
+          include     /home/docker/code/uwsgi_params; # the uwsgi_params file you installed
+      }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/supervisor-app.conf b/supervisor-app.conf
index cdd76172..3546a06d 100644
--- a/supervisor-app.conf
+++ b/supervisor-app.conf
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@ stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
 stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0
 
 [program:nginx-app]
-command = /usr/sbin/nginx
+command = /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx -g "daemon off;"
+stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
+stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
+stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
+stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0