diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad6171922..ecd60dd5e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - Update StatusRemoteUpdatePipeline, fix typo ([109d0419](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/109d0419))
 - Update StatusActivityPubDeliver, fix delivery addressing ([1f2183ee](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/1f2183ee))
 - Update UpdateStatusService, fix formatting issue. Fixes #4423 ([4479055e](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/4479055e))
+- Update nginx config ([ee3b6e09](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/ee3b6e09))
 -  ([](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/commit/))
 
 ## [v0.11.7 (2023-05-24)](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/compare/v0.11.6...v0.11.7)
diff --git a/contrib/nginx.conf b/contrib/nginx.conf
index 6d6fd15f8..abd6a26ab 100644
--- a/contrib/nginx.conf
+++ b/contrib/nginx.conf
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ server {
     add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
     add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";
 
-    index index.html index.htm index.php;
+    index index.php;
 
     charset utf-8;
     client_max_body_size 15M;
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ server {
 
     location ~ \.php$ {
         fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
-        try_files $fastcgi_script_name =404;
-        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock; # make sure this is correct
+        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.1-fpm.sock;
         fastcgi_index index.php;
         include fastcgi_params;
-        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; # or $request_filename
     }
 
     location ~ /\.(?!well-known).* {