diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 99a49f2..14cbc9f 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ events {
 }
 
 http {
+    types {
+        text/html                             html htm;
+        text/plain                            txt;
+        text/css                              css;
+        application/javascript                js;
+        application/json                      json;
+        application/xml                       xml;
+        image/png                             png;
+        image/jpeg                            jpeg jpg;
+        image/gif                             gif;
+        image/svg+xml                         svg;
+        application/octet-stream              bin;
+    }
+
     server {
         listen 80;
         server_name dev-testbed.ga4gh.org;