diff --git a/doc/debian/jitsi-meet/jitsi-meet.example b/doc/debian/jitsi-meet/jitsi-meet.example
index 2d1c950bd..67fbf2bfc 100644
--- a/doc/debian/jitsi-meet/jitsi-meet.example
+++ b/doc/debian/jitsi-meet/jitsi-meet.example
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ server {
         alias /etc/jitsi/meet/jitsi-meet.example.com-config.js;
     }
 
-    location ~ ^/([a-zA-Z0-9=\?]+)$ {
-        rewrite ^/(.*)$ / break;
+    location / {
+        try_files $uri /;
     }
 
-    location / {
+    # only enable ssi on '/' (index.html)
+    location = / {
         ssi on;
     }
 
diff --git a/doc/example-config-files/jitsi.example.com.example b/doc/example-config-files/jitsi.example.com.example
index 96ae864f9..068397617 100755
--- a/doc/example-config-files/jitsi.example.com.example
+++ b/doc/example-config-files/jitsi.example.com.example
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ server {
     root /srv/jitsi.example.com;
     index index.html;
 
-    location ~ ^/([a-zA-Z0-9=\?]+)$ {
-        rewrite ^/(.*)$ / break;
-        }
-
     location / {
+        try_files $uri /;
+    }
+
+    # only enable ssi on '/' (index.html)
+    location = / {
         ssi on;
     }