diff --git a/avalanche-fullnode.yml b/avalanche-fullnode.yml
index dac0b6d0..64105dff 100644
--- a/avalanche-fullnode.yml
+++ b/avalanche-fullnode.yml
@@ -18,30 +18,35 @@ services:
       - chains
     command: "/avalanchego/build/avalanchego --http-host= --http-allowed-hosts=* --staking-port=18507 --public-ip=$IP"
     restart: unless-stopped
+
+    
+  avalanche-proxy:         
+    restart: unless-stopped           
+    image: nginx
+    depends_on:
+      - mantle
+    expose:  
+      - 80                                                                                            
+    environment:                                                                                      
+      PROXY_HOST: avalanche-fullnode
+      RPC_PORT: 9650
+      RPC_PATH: /ext/bc/c/rpc
+      WS_PORT: 9650
+      WS_PATH: /ext/bc/C/ws
+    networks:               
+      - chains 
+    volumes:               
+      - ./nginx-proxy:/etc/nginx/templates
     labels:
       - "traefik.enable=true"
       - "traefik.http.middlewares.avalanche-fullnode-replacepath.replacepath.path=/ext/bc/C/rpc"
       - "traefik.http.middlewares.avalanche-fullnode-stripprefix.stripprefix.prefixes=/avalanche-fullnode"
-      - "traefik.http.services.avalanche-fullnode.loadbalancer.server.port=9650"
+      - "traefik.http.services.avalanche-fullnode.loadbalancer.server.port=80"
       - "traefik.http.routers.avalanche-fullnode.entrypoints=websecure"
       - "traefik.http.routers.avalanche-fullnode.tls.certresolver=myresolver"
       - "traefik.http.routers.avalanche-fullnode.service=avalanche-fullnode"
       - "traefik.http.routers.avalanche-fullnode.rule=Host(`$DOMAIN`) && PathPrefix(`/avalanche-fullnode`)"      
       - "traefik.http.routers.avalanche-fullnode.middlewares=avalanche-fullnode-stripprefix, avalanche-fullnode-replacepath, ipwhitelist"
-
-      - "traefik.http.middlewares.avalanche-fullnode-ws-replacepath.replacepath.path=/ext/bc/C/ws"
-      - "traefik.http.middlewares.avalanche-fullnode-ws-stripprefix.stripprefix.prefixes=/avalanche-fullnode-ws"
-      - "traefik.http.services.avalanche-fullnode-ws.loadbalancer.server.port=9650"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.avalanche-fullnode-ws.entrypoints=websecure"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.avalanche-fullnode-ws.tls.certresolver=myresolver"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.avalanche-fullnode-ws.service=avalanche-fullnode"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.avalanche-fullnode-ws.rule=Host(`$DOMAIN`) && PathPrefix(`/avalanche-fullnode-ws`)"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.avalanche-fullnode-ws.middlewares=avalanche-fullnode-ws-stripprefix, avalanche-fullnode-ws-replacepath, ipwhitelist"
-
-      - "prometheus-scrape.enabled=true"
-      - "prometheus-scrape.port=9650"
-      - "prometheus-scrape.job_name=avalanche-fullnode"
-      - "prometheus-scrape.metrics_path=/ext/metrics"
-
+      
 volumes:
   avalanche-fullnode:
diff --git a/nginx-proxy/default.conf.template b/nginx-proxy/default.conf.template
index 239c52dc..d04e8830 100644
--- a/nginx-proxy/default.conf.template
+++ b/nginx-proxy/default.conf.template
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
+map $http_upgrade $proxy_connection {
+    default "https_backend";
+    websocket "ws_backend";
+}
+
 server {
- listen 80;
- server_name frontend;
+    listen 80;
+    server_name example.com;
 
- location = / {
-   proxy_pass http://${PROXY_HOST}:${RPC_PORT};
- }
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://$proxy_connection;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+    }
+}
 
- location /ws {
-   proxy_pass http://${PROXY_HOST}:${WS_PORT};
-   proxy_http_version  1.1;
-   proxy_set_header    Upgrade $http_upgrade;
-   proxy_set_header    Connection "upgrade";
-   proxy_set_header    Host $http_host;
-   proxy_set_header    X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
- }
+upstream rpc_backend {
+    server ${PROXY_HOST}:${RPC_PORT}${RPC_PATH:-/};
+}
+
+upstream ws_backend {
+    server ${PROXY_HOST}:${WS_PORT}${WS_PATH:-/};
 }
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