diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e296739..3df037d 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with `-f Dockerfile.aarch64
 
 ## Versions
 
-* **01.02.23:** - Add includable confs for authentik.
+* **09.02.23:** - [Existing users should update:](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-swag/blob/master/README.md#updating-configs) proxy.conf, authelia-location.conf and authelia-server.conf - Add Authentik configs, update Authelia configs.
 * **21.01.23:** - Unpin certbot version (allow certbot 2.x). !!BREAKING CHANGE!! We are temporarily removing the certbot porkbun plugin until a new version is released that is compatible with certbot 2.x.
 * **20.01.23:** - Rebase to alpine 3.17 with php8.1.
 * **16.01.23:** - Remove nchan module because it keeps causing crashes.
diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index bcc2f5d..377b125 100755
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ app_setup_block: |
 
 # changelog
 changelogs:
-  - { date: "01.02.23:", desc: "Add includable confs for authentik" }
+  - { date: "09.02.23:", desc: "[Existing users should update:](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-swag/blob/master/README.md#updating-configs) proxy.conf, authelia-location.conf and authelia-server.conf - Add Authentik configs, update Authelia configs." }
   - { date: "21.01.23:", desc: "Unpin certbot version (allow certbot 2.x). !!BREAKING CHANGE!! We are temporarily removing the certbot porkbun plugin until a new version is released that is compatible with certbot 2.x." }
   - { date: "20.01.23:", desc: "Rebase to alpine 3.17 with php8.1." }
   - { date: "16.01.23:", desc: "Remove nchan module because it keeps causing crashes." }
diff --git a/root/defaults/nginx/authelia-location.conf.sample b/root/defaults/nginx/authelia-location.conf.sample
index b7e37ae..c48ef6f 100644
--- a/root/defaults/nginx/authelia-location.conf.sample
+++ b/root/defaults/nginx/authelia-location.conf.sample
@@ -1,15 +1,29 @@
-## Version 2022/08/20 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-swag/commits/master/root/defaults/nginx/authelia-location.conf.sample
+## Version 2023/02/09 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-swag/commits/master/root/defaults/nginx/authelia-location.conf.sample
 # Make sure that your authelia container is in the same user defined bridge network and is named authelia
+# Rename /config/nginx/proxy-confs/authelia.conf.sample to /config/nginx/proxy-confs/authelia.conf
 # Make sure that the authelia configuration.yml has 'path: "authelia"' defined
 
+## Send a subrequest to Authelia to verify if the user is authenticated and has permission to access the resource.
 auth_request /authelia/api/verify;
-auth_request_set $target_url $scheme://$http_host$request_uri;
+## If the subreqest returns 200 pass to the backend, if the subrequest returns 401 redirect to the portal.
+error_page 401 = @authelia_proxy_signin;
+
+## Translate response headers from Authelia into variables
 auth_request_set $user $upstream_http_remote_user;
 auth_request_set $groups $upstream_http_remote_groups;
 auth_request_set $name $upstream_http_remote_name;
 auth_request_set $email $upstream_http_remote_email;
+auth_request_set $authorization $upstream_http_authorization;
+auth_request_set $proxy_authorization $upstream_http_proxy_authorization;
+
+## Inject the response header variables into the request made to the actual upstream
 proxy_set_header Remote-User $user;
 proxy_set_header Remote-Groups $groups;
 proxy_set_header Remote-Name $name;
 proxy_set_header Remote-Email $email;
-error_page 401 =302 https://$http_host/authelia/?rd=$target_url;
+proxy_set_header Authorization $authorization;
+proxy_set_header Proxy-Authorization $proxy_authorization;
+
+## Include the Set-Cookie header if present.
+auth_request_set $set_cookie $upstream_http_set_cookie;
+add_header Set-Cookie $set_cookie;
diff --git a/root/defaults/nginx/authelia-server.conf.sample b/root/defaults/nginx/authelia-server.conf.sample
index dfb34f3..742f21e 100644
--- a/root/defaults/nginx/authelia-server.conf.sample
+++ b/root/defaults/nginx/authelia-server.conf.sample
@@ -1,50 +1,55 @@
-## Version 2022/09/22 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-swag/commits/master/root/defaults/nginx/authelia-server.conf.sample
+## Version 2023/02/09 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-swag/commits/master/root/defaults/nginx/authelia-server.conf.sample
 # Make sure that your authelia container is in the same user defined bridge network and is named authelia
+# Rename /config/nginx/proxy-confs/authelia.conf.sample to /config/nginx/proxy-confs/authelia.conf
+# Make sure that the authelia configuration.yml has 'path: "authelia"' defined
 
+# location for authelia subfolder requests
 location ^~ /authelia {
+    auth_request off; # requests to this subfolder must be accessible without authentication
     include /config/nginx/proxy.conf;
     include /config/nginx/resolver.conf;
     set $upstream_authelia authelia;
     proxy_pass http://$upstream_authelia:9091;
 }
 
+# location for authelia auth requests
 location = /authelia/api/verify {
     internal;
 
+    include /config/nginx/proxy.conf;
     include /config/nginx/resolver.conf;
     set $upstream_authelia authelia;
+    proxy_pass http://$upstream_authelia:9091/authelia/api/verify;
+
+    ## Include the Set-Cookie header if present.
+    auth_request_set $set_cookie $upstream_http_set_cookie;
+    add_header Set-Cookie $set_cookie;
+
     proxy_pass_request_body off;
-    proxy_pass http://$upstream_authelia:9091;
     proxy_set_header Content-Length "";
-
-    # Timeout if the real server is dead
-    proxy_next_upstream error timeout invalid_header http_500 http_502 http_503;
-
-    # [REQUIRED] Needed by Authelia to check authorizations of the resource.
-    # Provide either X-Original-URL and X-Forwarded-Proto or
-    # X-Forwarded-Proto, X-Forwarded-Host and X-Forwarded-Uri or both.
-    # Those headers will be used by Authelia to deduce the target url of the user.
-    # Basic Proxy Config
-    client_body_buffer_size 128k;
-    proxy_set_header Host $host;
-    proxy_set_header X-Original-URL $scheme://$http_host$request_uri;
-    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Method $request_method;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $http_host;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Uri $request_uri;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Ssl on;
-    proxy_redirect  http://  $scheme://;
-    proxy_http_version 1.1;
-    proxy_set_header Connection "";
-    proxy_cache_bypass $cookie_session;
-    proxy_no_cache $cookie_session;
-    proxy_buffers 4 32k;
-
-    # Advanced Proxy Config
-    send_timeout 5m;
-    proxy_read_timeout 240;
-    proxy_send_timeout 240;
-    proxy_connect_timeout 240;
+}
+
+# Virtual location for authelia 401 redirects
+location @authelia_proxy_signin {
+    internal;
+
+    ## Set the $target_url variable based on the original request.
+    set_escape_uri $target_url $scheme://$http_host$request_uri;
+
+    ## Include the Set-Cookie header if present.
+    auth_request_set $set_cookie $upstream_http_set_cookie;
+    add_header Set-Cookie $set_cookie;
+
+    ## Set $authelia_backend to route requests to the current domain by default
+    set $authelia_backend $http_host;
+    ## In order for Webauthn to work with multiple domains authelia must operate on a separate subdomain
+    ## To use authelia on a separate subdomain:
+    ##  * comment the $authelia_backend line above
+    ##  * rename /config/nginx/proxy-confs/authelia.conf.sample to /config/nginx/proxy-confs/authelia.conf
+    ##  * make sure that your dns has a cname set for authelia
+    ##  * uncomment the $authelia_backend line below and change example.com to your domain
+    ##  * restart the swag container
+    #set $authelia_backend authelia.example.com;
+
+    return 302 https://$authelia_backend/authelia/?rd=$target_url;
 }
diff --git a/root/defaults/nginx/authentik-location.conf b/root/defaults/nginx/authentik-location.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 06d8c11..0000000
--- a/root/defaults/nginx/authentik-location.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-## Version 2022/08/20 
-# Make sure that your authentik container is in the same user defined bridge network and is named authentik-server
-
-##############################
-# authentik-specific config
-##############################
-auth_request     /outpost.goauthentik.io/auth/nginx;
-error_page       401 = @goauthentik_proxy_signin;
-auth_request_set $auth_cookie $upstream_http_set_cookie;
-add_header       Set-Cookie $auth_cookie;
-
-# translate headers from the outposts back to the actual upstream
-auth_request_set $authentik_username $upstream_http_x_authentik_username;
-auth_request_set $authentik_groups $upstream_http_x_authentik_groups;
-auth_request_set $authentik_email $upstream_http_x_authentik_email;
-auth_request_set $authentik_name $upstream_http_x_authentik_name;
-auth_request_set $authentik_uid $upstream_http_x_authentik_uid;
-
-proxy_set_header X-authentik-username $authentik_username;
-proxy_set_header X-authentik-groups $authentik_groups;
-proxy_set_header X-authentik-email $authentik_email;
-proxy_set_header X-authentik-name $authentik_name;
-proxy_set_header X-authentik-uid $authentik_uid;
diff --git a/root/defaults/nginx/authentik-location.conf.sample b/root/defaults/nginx/authentik-location.conf.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5571c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/defaults/nginx/authentik-location.conf.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+## Version 2023/02/09 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-swag/commits/master/root/defaults/nginx/authentik-location.conf.sample
+# Make sure that your authentik container is in the same user defined bridge network and is named authentik-server
+# Rename /config/nginx/proxy-confs/authentik.conf.sample to /config/nginx/proxy-confs/authentik.conf
+
+## Send a subrequest to Authentik to verify if the user is authenticated and has permission to access the resource.
+auth_request /outpost.goauthentik.io/auth/nginx;
+## If the subreqest returns 200 pass to the backend, if the subrequest returns 401 redirect to the portal.
+error_page 401 = @goauthentik_proxy_signin;
+
+## Translate response headers from Authentik into variables
+auth_request_set $authentik_username $upstream_http_x_authentik_username;
+auth_request_set $authentik_groups $upstream_http_x_authentik_groups;
+auth_request_set $authentik_email $upstream_http_x_authentik_email;
+auth_request_set $authentik_name $upstream_http_x_authentik_name;
+auth_request_set $authentik_uid $upstream_http_x_authentik_uid;
+
+## Inject the response header variables into the request made to the actual upstream
+proxy_set_header X-authentik-username $authentik_username;
+proxy_set_header X-authentik-groups $authentik_groups;
+proxy_set_header X-authentik-email $authentik_email;
+proxy_set_header X-authentik-name $authentik_name;
+proxy_set_header X-authentik-uid $authentik_uid;
+
+## Include the Set-Cookie header if present.
+auth_request_set $set_cookie $upstream_http_set_cookie;
+add_header Set-Cookie $set_cookie;
diff --git a/root/defaults/nginx/authentik-server.conf b/root/defaults/nginx/authentik-server.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 047308c..0000000
--- a/root/defaults/nginx/authentik-server.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-## Version 2022/09/22 
-# Make sure that your authentik container is in the same user defined bridge network and is named authentik-server
-
-    # all requests to /outpost.goauthentik.io must be accessible without authentication
-    location /outpost.goauthentik.io {
-        include /config/nginx/resolver.conf;
-        set $upstream_authentik authentik-server;
-        proxy_pass              http://$upstream_authentik:9000/outpost.goauthentik.io;
-        # ensure the host of this vserver matches your external URL you've configured
-        # in authentik
-        proxy_set_header        Host $host;
-        proxy_set_header        X-Original-URL $scheme://$http_host$request_uri;
-        add_header              Set-Cookie $auth_cookie;
-        auth_request_set        $auth_cookie $upstream_http_set_cookie;
-        proxy_pass_request_body off;
-        proxy_set_header        Content-Length "";
-    }
-	
-	# Special location for when the /auth endpoint returns a 401,
-    # redirect to the /start URL which initiates SSO
-    location @goauthentik_proxy_signin {
-        internal;
-        add_header Set-Cookie $auth_cookie;
-        return 302 /outpost.goauthentik.io/start?rd=$request_uri;
-        # For domain level, use the below error_page to redirect to your authentik server with the full redirect path
-        # return 302 https://authentik.company/outpost.goauthentik.io/start?rd=$scheme://$http_host$request_uri;
-    }
diff --git a/root/defaults/nginx/authentik-server.conf.sample b/root/defaults/nginx/authentik-server.conf.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bbadca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/defaults/nginx/authentik-server.conf.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+## Version 2023/02/09 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-swag/commits/master/root/defaults/nginx/authentik-server.conf.sample
+# Make sure that your authentik container is in the same user defined bridge network and is named authentik-server
+# Rename /config/nginx/proxy-confs/authentik.conf.sample to /config/nginx/proxy-confs/authentik.conf
+
+# location for authentik subfolder requests
+location ^~ /outpost.goauthentik.io {
+    auth_request off; # requests to this subfolder must be accessible without authentication
+    include /config/nginx/proxy.conf;
+    include /config/nginx/resolver.conf;
+    set $upstream_authentik authentik-server;
+    proxy_pass http://$upstream_authentik:9000;
+}
+
+# location for authentik auth requests
+location = /outpost.goauthentik.io/auth/nginx {
+    internal;
+
+    include /config/nginx/proxy.conf;
+    include /config/nginx/resolver.conf;
+    set $upstream_authentik authentik-server;
+    proxy_pass http://$upstream_authentik:9000/outpost.goauthentik.io/auth/nginx;
+
+    ## Include the Set-Cookie header if present.
+    auth_request_set $set_cookie $upstream_http_set_cookie;
+    add_header Set-Cookie $set_cookie;
+
+    proxy_pass_request_body off;
+    proxy_set_header Content-Length "";
+}
+
+# Virtual location for authentik 401 redirects
+location @goauthentik_proxy_signin {
+    internal;
+
+    ## Set the $target_url variable based on the original request.
+    set_escape_uri $target_url $scheme://$http_host$request_uri;
+
+    ## Include the Set-Cookie header if present.
+    auth_request_set $set_cookie $upstream_http_set_cookie;
+    add_header Set-Cookie $set_cookie;
+
+    ## Set $authentik_backend to route requests to the current domain by default
+    set $authentik_backend $http_host;
+    return 302 https://$authentik_backend/outpost.goauthentik.io/start?rd=$target_url;
+}
diff --git a/root/defaults/nginx/proxy.conf.sample b/root/defaults/nginx/proxy.conf.sample
index c5a7210..967d170 100644
--- a/root/defaults/nginx/proxy.conf.sample
+++ b/root/defaults/nginx/proxy.conf.sample
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Version 2022/09/01 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-swag/commits/master/root/defaults/nginx/proxy.conf.sample
+## Version 2023/02/09 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-swag/commits/master/root/defaults/nginx/proxy.conf.sample
 
 # Timeout if the real server is dead
 proxy_next_upstream error timeout invalid_header http_500 http_502 http_503;
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ proxy_set_header Host $host;
 proxy_set_header Proxy "";
 proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host:$server_port;
+proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Method $request_method;
+proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port $server_port;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Ssl on;
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Uri $request_uri;
+proxy_set_header X-Original-Method $request_method;
 proxy_set_header X-Original-URL $scheme://$http_host$request_uri;
 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
diff --git a/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample b/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
index 2b3caf4..10756f8 100644
--- a/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
+++ b/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Version 2022/10/03 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-swag/commits/master/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
+## Version 2023/02/09 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-swag/commits/master/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
 
 # redirect all traffic to https
 server {
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ server {
     # enable for Authelia (requires authelia-location.conf in the location block)
     #include /config/nginx/authelia-server.conf;
 
+    # enable for Authentik (requires authentik-location.conf in the location block)
+    #include /config/nginx/authentik-server.conf;
+
     location / {
         # enable for basic auth
         #auth_basic "Restricted";
@@ -40,6 +43,9 @@ server {
         # enable for Authelia (requires authelia-server.conf in the server block)
         #include /config/nginx/authelia-location.conf;
 
+        # enable for Authentik (requires authentik-server.conf in the server block)
+        #include /config/nginx/authentik-location.conf;
+
         try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html /index.php$is_args$args =404;
     }
 
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-nginx-config/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-nginx-config/run
index e94c92a..5ba2b21 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-nginx-config/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-nginx-config/run
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ if [[ ! -f /config/nginx/authelia-server.conf ]]; then
     cp /defaults/nginx/authelia-server.conf.sample /config/nginx/authelia-server.conf
 fi
 
+# copy authentik config files if they don't exist
+if [[ ! -f /config/nginx/authentik-location.conf ]]; then
+    cp /defaults/nginx/authentik-location.conf.sample /config/nginx/authentik-location.conf
+fi
+if [[ ! -f /config/nginx/authentik-server.conf ]]; then
+    cp /defaults/nginx/authentik-server.conf.sample /config/nginx/authentik-server.conf
+fi
+
 # copy old ldap config file to new location
 if [[ -f /config/nginx/ldap.conf ]] && [[ ! -f /config/nginx/ldap-server.conf ]]; then
     cp /config/nginx/ldap.conf /config/nginx/ldap-server.conf