diff --git a/deploy-static b/deploy-static
index 1961bff..4aceab1 100755
--- a/deploy-static
+++ b/deploy-static
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ ssh $remote "rm -rf $target && cp -a $active $target"
 rsync -rpcv --fsync --chmod=D755,F644 --delete static-tmp/ $remote:$target
 ssh $remote "ln -snf $target /srv/element.grapheneos.org && sync /srv/element.grapheneos.org"
 
-sed -i "s|/srv/element.grapheneos.org|$target|" nginx-tmp/nginx.conf
-rsync -rptcv --fsync --chmod=D755,F644 --delete nginx-tmp/nginx.conf $remote:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
-rsync -rptcv --fsync --chmod=D755,F644 --delete nginx-tmp/mime.types $remote:/etc/nginx/mime.types
-rsync -rptcv --fsync --chmod=D755,F644 --delete nginx-tmp/snippets/ $remote:/etc/nginx/snippets
+echo "root $target;" > nginx-tmp/root_element.grapheneos.org.conf
+rsync -rptcv --fsync --chmod=D755,F644 --delete nginx-tmp/{nginx.conf,mime.types,root_element.grapheneos.org.conf,snippets} $remote:/etc/nginx/
 rsync -ptcv --fsync --chmod=755 {local-backup,remote-backup} $remote:/usr/local/bin/
 rsync -ptcv --fsync --chmod=644 systemd/system/remote-backup.timer $remote:/etc/systemd/system/remote-backup.timer
 rsync -ptcv --fsync --chmod=644 systemd/system/remote-backup.service $remote:/etc/systemd/system/remote-backup.service
diff --git a/nginx/nginx.conf b/nginx/nginx.conf
index 6484549..3d93d8f 100644
--- a/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ http {
         listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
         server_name element.grapheneos.org;
 
-        root /srv/element.grapheneos.org;
+        include root_element.grapheneos.org.conf;
 
         include snippets/security-headers.conf;
         add_header Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy "cross-origin" always;
diff --git a/nginx/root_element.grapheneos.org.conf b/nginx/root_element.grapheneos.org.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea212f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx/root_element.grapheneos.org.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# placeholder for gixy
+root /srv/element.grapheneos.org_a;