diff --git a/nginx/conf.d/default.conf b/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
index bd2225ba4..04b1e8ac6 100644
--- a/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+++ b/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ server {
     server_name  localhost;
 
     root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
-    index  index.html index.htm;
+    index  index.html;
 
     # Set no-cache for the index.html only so that browsers always check for a new copy of Element Web.
     location = /index.html {