diff --git a/web-server/apache/gitlab-ssl.conf b/web-server/apache/gitlab-ssl.conf
index ff17c12..d3f6d8a 100644
--- a/web-server/apache/gitlab-ssl.conf
+++ b/web-server/apache/gitlab-ssl.conf
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   # 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%1 [P,QSA]
+  RewriteRule .* http://127.0.0.1:8080%{REQUEST_URI} [P,QSA]
 
   # needed for downloading attachments
   DocumentRoot /home/git/gitlab/public