diff --git a/deployment/nginx/default.conf b/deployment/nginx/default.conf
index 69222dcd26..86b36109f7 100644
--- a/deployment/nginx/default.conf
+++ b/deployment/nginx/default.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ server {
   listen 80 default_server;
   listen [::]:80 default_server;
 
+  location /api {
+    return 301 https://$host$request_uri/;
+  }
+
   location /api/ {
       proxy_http_version 1.1;
       proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;