diff --git a/docker/jitsi-meet/web/rootfs/defaults/meet.conf b/docker/jitsi-meet/web/rootfs/defaults/meet.conf
index 14663dcfd8..c8331ed9e4 100644
--- a/docker/jitsi-meet/web/rootfs/defaults/meet.conf
+++ b/docker/jitsi-meet/web/rootfs/defaults/meet.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ root /usr/share/jitsi-meet;
 index index.html
 error_page 404 /static/404.html;
 
-location ~ ^/([a-zA-Z0-9=\?_-]+)$ {
+location ~ ^/([a-zA-Z0-9=\?]+)$ {
     rewrite ^/(.*)$ / break;
 }
 
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/meet.conf b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/meet.conf
index 2b8eb4395a..f9a82d33c2 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/meet.conf
+++ b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/meet.conf
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ location ~ ^/([a-zA-Z0-9=\?_-]+)$ {
     rewrite ^/(.*)$ / break;
 }
 
-location /config.js {
+location ^~ /config.js {
     alias /config/config.js;
 }
 
-location /interface_config.js {
+location ^~ /interface_config.js {
     alias /config/interface_config.js;
 }
 
-location /external_api.js {
+location ^~ /external_api.js {
     alias /usr/share/jitsi-meet/libs/external_api.min.js;
 }
 
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ location / {
 }
 
 # BOSH
-location /http-bind {
+location ^~ /http-bind {
     proxy_pass http://localhost:5280/http-bind;
     proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
     proxy_set_header Host localhost;
 }
 
 # Etherpad-lite
-location /etherpad/ {
+location ^~ /etherpad/ {
     proxy_http_version 1.1;
     proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
     proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';