diff --git a/frontend/nginx.conf.template b/frontend/nginx.conf.template
index b36c4df..c24b137 100644
--- a/frontend/nginx.conf.template
+++ b/frontend/nginx.conf.template
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ server {
 
     # Proxy API requests to backend
     location /api/ {
-        proxy_pass ${API_URL};
+        proxy_pass ${API_URL}/;
         proxy_http_version 1.1;
         proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
         proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';