diff --git a/packages/frontend/nginx.conf b/packages/frontend/nginx.conf
index a2db7e2..28dffaf 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/nginx.conf
+++ b/packages/frontend/nginx.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ server {
     }
 
     # Proxy API requests to the backend service
-    location /api/ {
+    location ^~ /api/ { # Use ^~ for preferential prefix matching
         # rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break; # Remove /api prefix before proxying - REMOVED to match backend routes
         proxy_pass http://backend:3001; # Proxy to backend root, backend expects /api/v1/...