diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1377554..a0e3736 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.swp
+static/media/
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 968505f..170b36e 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ server {
 
     # Clean URLs — serve index.html for directories
     location / {
-        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
     }
 
     # Cache static assets aggressively