diff --git a/nginx-default-cfg/redirect.conf b/nginx-default-cfg/redirect.conf
index b522fe941ba86b52756126664caf8c5301a9f86b..d96cfd0f55b27ec5fb238ee95048a2e4f69dad0f 100644
--- a/nginx-default-cfg/redirect.conf
+++ b/nginx-default-cfg/redirect.conf
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ location /linux/ {
 }
 
 # linux.web.cern.ch/path/index.shtml should now redirect to linux.web.cern.ch/path/
-if ($request_uri ~ ^/(.*)\index.shtml$) {
+if ($request_uri ~ ^/(.*)/index\.shtml$) {
     return 302 /$1;
 }