diff --git a/web-server/apache/gitlab-ssl.conf b/web-server/apache/gitlab-ssl.conf
index 58d5f24..ff17c12 100644
--- a/web-server/apache/gitlab-ssl.conf
+++ b/web-server/apache/gitlab-ssl.conf
@@ -30,11 +30,21 @@
   ServerSignature Off
 
   ProxyPreserveHost On
-  ProxyPassReverse / http://gitlab.example.com/
 
+  <Location />
+    Order deny,allow
+    Allow from all
+
+    ProxyPassReverse http://127.0.0.1:8080
+    ProxyPassReverse http://gitlab.example.com/
+  </Location>
+
+  #apache equivalent of nginx try files
+  # http://serverfault.com/questions/290784/what-is-apaches-equivalent-of-nginxs-try-files
+  # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10954516/apache2-proxypass-for-rails-app-gitlab
   RewriteEngine on
   RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
-  RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://127.0.0.1:8080%{REQUEST_URI} [P,QSA]
+  RewriteRule (.*) http://127.0.0.1:8080%1 [P,QSA]
 
   # needed for downloading attachments
   DocumentRoot /home/git/gitlab/public
@@ -45,11 +55,6 @@
   ErrorDocument 500 /500.html
   ErrorDocument 503 /deploy.html
 
-  <Location />
-    Order deny,allow
-    Allow from all
-  </Location>
-
   LogFormat "%{X-Forwarded-For}i %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common_forwarded
   ErrorLog  /var/log/httpd/logs/gitlab.example.com_error.log
   CustomLog /var/log/httpd/logs/gitlab.example.com_forwarded.log common_forwarded