diff --git a/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.candidate-registry.conf b/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.candidate-registry.conf
index f004e4764d..745bb98900 100644
--- a/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.candidate-registry.conf
+++ b/roles/httpd/reverseproxy/templates/reversepassproxy.candidate-registry.conf
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ RequestHeader set X-Scheme https early
 RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto https early
 ProxyPreserveHost On
 
+RewriteEngine on
 # redirect the top / level to the catalog.
-Redirect / https://candidate-registry.fedoraproject.org/v2/_catalog
+RewriteRule ^/$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}/v2/_catalog [R]
 
 ProxyPass {{ localpath }} {{ proxyurl }}{{remotepath}}
 ProxyPassReverse {{ localpath }} {{ proxyurl }}{{remotepath}}