diff --git a/roles/lokole/templates/lokole-nginx.conf.j2 b/roles/lokole/templates/lokole-nginx.conf.j2
index d2831c6e3..24d9adc7f 100644
--- a/roles/lokole/templates/lokole-nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/lokole/templates/lokole-nginx.conf.j2
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ location = {{ lokole_url }}/favicon.ico {
   alias /library/lokole/venv/lib/python{{ python_ver }}/site-packages/opwen_email_client/webapp/static/favicon.ico;
 }
 
-location ~ ^/{{ lokole_url }}/static/(.*)$ {
+location ~ ^{{ lokole_url }}/static/(.*)$ {
   alias /library/lokole/venv/lib/python{{ python_ver }}/site-packages/opwen_email_client/webapp/static/$1;
 }
 
-location /{{ lokole_url }}/ {
+location {{ lokole_url }}/ {
   proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
   proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
   proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;