diff --git a/k8s/ietfweb/nginx-default.conf b/k8s/ietfweb/nginx-default.conf
index f1a6ef27..7335ba90 100644
--- a/k8s/ietfweb/nginx-default.conf
+++ b/k8s/ietfweb/nginx-default.conf
@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@ server {
         error_page 404 = @error_redirect;
     }
     location /proceedings/ {
-        root /a/www/www6s/proceedings/;
+        alias /a/www/www6s/proceedings/;
         autoindex on;
         autoindex_exact_size off;
         autoindex_localtime on;
         charset utf-8;
 
         location ~* /minutes/.+$ {
-            try_files $uri $uri.html $uri.txt $uri/;
+            try_files  $${keepempty}uri $${keepempty}uri.html $${keepempty}uri.txt $${keepempty}uri/;
         }
 
         error_page 404 = @error_redirect;