diff --git a/nginx.conf.sample b/nginx.conf.sample
index 2ea2b6ce58488..cab0b839ffe10 100644
--- a/nginx.conf.sample
+++ b/nginx.conf.sample
@@ -18,22 +18,17 @@
 # }
 
 
-root $MAGE_ROOT;
-
+root $MAGE_ROOT/pub;
 
 index index.php;
 autoindex off;
-# disable_symlinks on;
 charset off;
 
-location /setup/ {
-    rewrite / /setup/index.php;
-
-    location /setup/pub/ {}
+location /setup {
+    root $MAGE_ROOT;
 
-    location /setup/index.php {
+    location ~ ^/setup/index.php {
         fastcgi_pass   fastcgi_backend;
-
         fastcgi_index  index.php;
         fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
         include        fastcgi_params;
@@ -41,103 +36,87 @@ location /setup/ {
 }
 
 location / {
-    root $MAGE_ROOT/pub;
-
-    location / {
-        rewrite / /index.php ;
-    }
-
-    location /static/ {
-
-        if ($MAGE_MODE = "production") {
-            expires max;
-        }
-
-        location ~* \.(ico|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|svg|js|css|swf|eot|ttf|otf|woff|woff2)$ {
-               add_header Cache-Control "public";
-               expires +1y;
-
-            if (!-f $request_filename) {
-                rewrite ^/static/(version\d*/)?(.*)$ /static.php?resource=$2 last;
-            }
-        }
-
-        location ~* \.(zip|gz|gzip|bz2|csv|xml)$ {
-            add_header Cache-Control "no-store";
-                expires    off;
+    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
+}
 
-            if (!-f $request_filename) {
-                   rewrite ^/static/(version\d*/)?(.*)$ /static.php?resource=$2 last;
-            }
+location /pub {
+    alias $MAGE_ROOT/pub;
+}
 
-        }
+location /static/ {
+    if ($MAGE_MODE = "production") {
+        expires max;
+    }
+    location ~* \.(ico|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|svg|js|css|swf|eot|ttf|otf|woff|woff2)$ {
+        add_header Cache-Control "public";
+        expires +1y;
 
         if (!-f $request_filename) {
             rewrite ^/static/(version\d*/)?(.*)$ /static.php?resource=$2 last;
         }
     }
-
-    location /media/ {
-
-        location ~* \.(ico|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|svg|js|css|swf|eot|ttf|otf|woff|woff2)$ {
-            add_header Cache-Control "public";
-            expires +1y;
-
-            if (!-f $request_filename) {
-                rewrite / /get.php;
-            }
-        }
-
-        location ~* \.(zip|gz|gzip|bz2|csv|xml)$ {
-            add_header Cache-Control "no-store";
-            expires    off;
-
-            if (!-f $request_filename) {
-                rewrite / /get.php;
-            }
-        }
+    location ~* \.(zip|gz|gzip|bz2|csv|xml)$ {
+        add_header Cache-Control "no-store";
+        expires    off;
 
         if (!-f $request_filename) {
-            rewrite / /get.php;
+           rewrite ^/static/(version\d*/)?(.*)$ /static.php?resource=$2 last;
         }
     }
-
-    location /media/customer/ {
-        deny all;
+    if (!-f $request_filename) {
+        rewrite ^/static/(version\d*/)?(.*)$ /static.php?resource=$2 last;
     }
+}
 
-    location /media/downloadable/ {
-        deny all;
+location /media/ {
+    try_files $uri $uri/ /get.php?$args;
+    location ~* \.(ico|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|svg|js|css|swf|eot|ttf|otf|woff|woff2)$ {
+        add_header Cache-Control "public";
+        expires +1y;
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /get.php?$args;
     }
-
-    location ~ /media/theme_customization/.*\.xml$ {
-        deny all;
+    location ~* \.(zip|gz|gzip|bz2|csv|xml)$ {
+        add_header Cache-Control "no-store";
+        expires    off;
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /get.php?$args;
     }
+}
 
-    location /errors/ {
-        try_files $uri =404;
-    }
+location /media/customer/ {
+    deny all;
+}
 
-    location ~ ^/errors/.*\.(xml|phtml)$ {
-        deny all;
-    }
+location /media/downloadable/ {
+    deny all;
+}
 
-    location ~ cron\.php {
-        deny all;
-    }
+location ~ /media/theme_customization/.*\.xml$ {
+    deny all;
+}
 
-    location ~ (index|get|static|report|404|503)\.php$ {
-        expires -1;
-        fastcgi_pass   fastcgi_backend;
+location /errors/ {
+    try_files $uri =404;
+}
 
-        fastcgi_param  PHP_FLAG  "session.auto_start=off \n suhosin.session.cryptua=off";
-        fastcgi_param  PHP_VALUE "memory_limit=256M \n max_execution_time=600";
-        fastcgi_read_timeout 600s;
-        fastcgi_connect_timeout 600s;
-        fastcgi_param  MAGE_MODE $MAGE_MODE;
+location ~ ^/errors/.*\.(xml|phtml)$ {
+    deny all;
+}
 
-        fastcgi_index  index.php;
-        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
-        include        fastcgi_params;
-    }
+location ~ cron\.php {
+    deny all;
+}
+
+location ~ (index|get|static|report|404|503)\.php$ {
+    try_files $uri =404;
+    fastcgi_pass   fastcgi_backend;
+
+    fastcgi_param  PHP_FLAG  "session.auto_start=off \n suhosin.session.cryptua=off";
+    fastcgi_param  PHP_VALUE "memory_limit=256M \n max_execution_time=600";
+    fastcgi_read_timeout 600s;
+    fastcgi_connect_timeout 600s;
+    fastcgi_param  MAGE_MODE $MAGE_MODE;
+
+    fastcgi_index  index.php;
+    fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
+    include        fastcgi_params;
 }