diff --git a/roles/kiwix/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kiwix/defaults/main.yml
index d11d8207d..c6334b8dd 100644
--- a/roles/kiwix/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kiwix/defaults/main.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ kiwix_src_file_i686: "{{ kiwix_version_i686 }}.tar.gz"
 
 kiwix_port: 3000
 # Used for Kiwix proxy http://box/kiwix/
-kiwix_url: /kiwix
+kiwix_url: /kiwix/
+kiwix_alias_url: /kiwix
 kiwix_path: "{{ iiab_base }}/kiwix"
 
 # /library/zims contains 3 important things:
diff --git a/roles/kiwix/templates/kiwix.conf.j2 b/roles/kiwix/templates/kiwix.conf.j2
index 59cd3cb7c..641c86193 100644
--- a/roles/kiwix/templates/kiwix.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/kiwix/templates/kiwix.conf.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-ProxyPreserveHost On
-ProxyPass {{ kiwix_url }} http://127.0.0.1:{{ kiwix_port}}{{ kiwix_url }}
-ProxyPassReverse {{ kiwix_url }} http://127.0.0.1:{{ kiwix_port}}{{ kiwix_url }}
-
 RewriteEngine on
-RewriteRule ^/kiwix$ /kiwix/ [R]
+RewriteRule ^{{ kiwix_alias_url }}$ {{ kiwix_url }} [R]
+
+ProxyPass {{ kiwix_url }} http://127.0.0.1:{{ kiwix_port}}{{ kiwix_url }}