diff --git a/swarm-proxy/swarm-proxy.tmpl b/swarm-proxy/swarm-proxy.tmpl
index 14e7bbfbe3635f7b5a775a5ff586f08f00c8fbfd..69cb3c2f62ed048f2abe2c6516a8a4c6af2c4944 100644
--- a/swarm-proxy/swarm-proxy.tmpl
+++ b/swarm-proxy/swarm-proxy.tmpl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ server {
     server_name ${HOST};
     listen 80 ;
 
-    location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
+    location ^~ /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
       auth_basic off;
       allow all;
       root /usr/share/nginx/html;