diff --git a/config/docker/nginx.conf b/config/docker/nginx.conf
index ddc24af8..b401b0ee 100644
--- a/config/docker/nginx.conf
+++ b/config/docker/nginx.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ server {
     index index.html;
 
     # When requesting static paths with extension, try them, and return a 404 if not found
-    location ~ .+\.(css|js|html|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|bmp|ico|json|csv|otf|eot|svg|svgz|ttf|woff|woff2|ijmap|pdf|tif|map) {
+    location ~* .+\.(css|js|html|png|jpe?g|gif|bmp|ico|json|csv|otf|eot|svg|svgz|ttf|woff|woff2|ijmap|pdf|tif|map) {
         try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
     }
 
diff --git a/public/.htaccess b/public/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..680e1a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+RewriteEngine on
+RewriteBase /
+
+# do not do anything for already existing files
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
+RewriteRule (.*) - [L]
+
+# if request is no valid file NOR directory
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+# if static asset do not do anything
+RewriteRule (.*)(css|js|html|png|jpe?g|gif|bmp|ico|json|csv|otf|eot|svg|svgz|ttf|woff|woff2|ijmap|pdf|tif|map) - [NC,L,R=404]
+# everything else should be redirected to /index.html so it can be routed by it
+RewriteRule (.*) /index.html [L]