diff --git a/deploy-static b/deploy-static
index 518222cc..ce96e6ac 100755
--- a/deploy-static
+++ b/deploy-static
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ for server in ${servers[@]}; do
     rsync -rptcv --fsync --chmod=D755,F644 --delete static-tmp/ $remote:$target
     ssh $remote "ln -snf $target /srv/grapheneos.org && sync /srv/grapheneos.org"
 
-    sed "s|/srv/grapheneos.org|$target|" nginx-tmp/nginx.conf > nginx-tmp/nginx.conf.root
-    rsync -rptcv --fsync --chmod=D755,F644 --delete nginx-tmp/nginx.conf.root $remote:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
-    rsync -rptcv --fsync --chmod=D755,F644 --delete nginx-tmp/mime.types $remote:/etc/nginx/mime.types
-    rsync -rptcv --fsync --chmod=D755,F644 --delete nginx-tmp/snippets/ $remote:/etc/nginx/snippets
+    echo "root $target;" > nginx-tmp/root_grapheneos.org.conf
+    rsync -rptcv --fsync --chmod=D755,F644 --delete nginx-tmp/{nginx.conf,mime.types,root_grapheneos.org.conf,snippets} $remote:/etc/nginx/
     ssh $remote nginx -s reload
 
     echo
diff --git a/nginx/nginx.conf b/nginx/nginx.conf
index b8785792..e24eb249 100644
--- a/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ http {
         listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
         server_name grapheneos.org;
 
-        root /srv/grapheneos.org;
+        include root_grapheneos.org.conf;
         error_page 403 =404 /404;
         error_page 404 /404;
 
diff --git a/nginx/root_grapheneos.org.conf b/nginx/root_grapheneos.org.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5699478e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx/root_grapheneos.org.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# placeholder for gixy
+root /srv/grapheneos.org_a;