diff --git a/apps/admin-ui/nginx.conf b/apps/admin-ui/nginx.conf
index fc51cb2..82cdf01 100644
--- a/apps/admin-ui/nginx.conf
+++ b/apps/admin-ui/nginx.conf
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ http {
 
         # Proxy API requests to FastAPI backend — strip /api prefix
         location /api/ {
-            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000/;
+            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
             proxy_set_header Host $host;
             proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
             proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;