diff --git a/roles/waiverdb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/waiverdb/tasks/main.yml
index 7de38017b5..14006e8975 100644
--- a/roles/waiverdb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/waiverdb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -49,5 +49,16 @@
     mode: 0660
     backup: yes
     force: yes
+
+- name: install the nginx config
+  template:
+    src: etc/nginx/conf.d/waiverdb.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/nginx/conf.d/waiverdb.conf
+    owner: nginx
+    group: nginx
+    mode: 0640
+  notify:
+  - restart nginx
+ 
   notify:
   - restart waiverdb
diff --git a/roles/waiverdb/templates/etc/nginx/conf.d/waiverdb.conf.j2 b/roles/waiverdb/templates/etc/nginx/conf.d/waiverdb.conf.j2
index d5d013974a..0fe42b5eaa 100644
--- a/roles/waiverdb/templates/etc/nginx/conf.d/waiverdb.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/waiverdb/templates/etc/nginx/conf.d/waiverdb.conf.j2
@@ -1,29 +1,11 @@
 # HTTP server
-# rewrite to HTTPS
 server {
-  listen       80;
-  server_name  {{service_name}};
-  return       301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
-}
-# HTTPs server
-server {
-    listen       443;
-    server_name  {{ service_name }};
+    listen 80 default_server;
+    server_name _;
 
-    ssl                  on;
-    ssl_certificate      /etc/nginx/conf.d/ssl.pem;
-    ssl_certificate_key  /etc/nginx/conf.d/ssl.key;
-
-    ssl_session_timeout  5m;
-
-    # https://mozilla.github.io/server-side-tls/ssl-config-generator/
-    # modern configuration. tweak to your needs.
-    ssl_protocols TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
-    ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!3DES:!MD5:!PSK';
-    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
-
-    # HSTS (ngx_http_headers_module is required) (15768000 seconds = 6 months)
-    add_header Strict-Transport-Security max-age=15768000;
+    large_client_header_buffers 4 32k;
+    client_max_body_size 50M;
+    charset utf-8;
 
     location / {
         root   /usr/share/nginx/html;