diff --git a/stx/dockerfiles/stx-aptly.Dockerfile b/stx/dockerfiles/stx-aptly.Dockerfile
index cedc01a90..b3a39f5af 100644
--- a/stx/dockerfiles/stx-aptly.Dockerfile
+++ b/stx/dockerfiles/stx-aptly.Dockerfile
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ COPY stx/toCOPY/aptly/aptly.conf /etc/aptly.conf
 COPY stx/toCOPY/aptly/supervisord.aptly.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/aptly.conf
 
 # Configure Nginx
-RUN echo "daemon off;" >> /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 COPY stx/toCOPY/aptly/nginx.conf.template /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.template
 COPY stx/toCOPY/aptly/supervisord.nginx.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/nginx.conf
 
diff --git a/stx/toCOPY/aptly/supervisord.nginx.conf b/stx/toCOPY/aptly/supervisord.nginx.conf
index dbd9b95d7..087169719 100644
--- a/stx/toCOPY/aptly/supervisord.nginx.conf
+++ b/stx/toCOPY/aptly/supervisord.nginx.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [program:nginx]
-command=/usr/sbin/nginx
+# "daemon off" should be used in Docker or under Supervisord
+command=/usr/sbin/nginx -g "daemon off;"
 redirect_stderr=true
 stdout_logfile_maxbytes=1MB