diff --git a/api/cloud/nginx.conf b/api/cloud/nginx.conf
index 105cd3a..f764999 100644
--- a/api/cloud/nginx.conf
+++ b/api/cloud/nginx.conf
@@ -49,23 +49,20 @@ http {
             add_header 'Content-Type' 'text/plain';
             return 200 "nginx is healthy";
         }
-
+        
         location /api {
             proxy_pass http://localhost:5003/api;
             proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
             proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
             proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-            # Allow passing cookies to the backend
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;  # Set to HTTPS since Nginx handles SSL termination
             proxy_set_header Cookie $http_cookie;
 
             proxy_http_version 1.1;
-
-
             proxy_read_timeout 20d;
             proxy_buffering off;
         }
-        
+
         # frontend
         location / {
             root /app/frontend;
@@ -90,14 +87,14 @@ http {
         }
     }
 
+
     # backend
     server {
         listen       5003 default_server;
         listen       [::]:5003 default_server;
-        # does localhost change to drive-gooder.com?
-        server_name  localhost; 
+        server_name  drive-gooder.com;  # Update to match your domain name
         root         /var/www/html;
-        
+
         location / {
             include uwsgi_params;
             uwsgi_pass unix:/tmp/uwsgi.socket;