diff --git a/nixos/hosts/ingress-proxy/default.nix b/nixos/hosts/ingress-proxy/default.nix
index 69993dd..219dbee 100644
--- a/nixos/hosts/ingress-proxy/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/hosts/ingress-proxy/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ in {
         root = if src != null then src else builtins.fetchGit { inherit url rev; };
       } // defaultConfig;
       placeholder = {
-        locations."/" = {
+        locations."=/" = {
           alias = pkgs.writeText "placeholder.html" "empty space -- this site is non-functional";
           extraConfig = ''
             default_type text/plain;