diff --git a/mods/sample-nginx.config b/mods/sample-nginx.config
index b99fafa80c..228c23e8bc 100644
--- a/mods/sample-nginx.config
+++ b/mods/sample-nginx.config
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 # /etc/nginx/sites-available
 #
 # Then customize to your needs. To enable the configuration
-# symlink it to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled and reload Nginx
-# using /etc/init.d/nginx reload
+# symlink it to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled and reload Nginx using
+#
+# service nginx reload
 ##
 
 ##
@@ -22,14 +23,16 @@
 ##
 # This configuration assumes your domain is example.net
 # You have a separate subdomain friendica.example.net
-# You want all friendica traffic to be https
+# You want all Friendica traffic to be HTTPS
 # You have an SSL certificate and key for your subdomain
 # You have PHP FastCGI Process Manager (php5-fpm) running on localhost
 # You have Friendica installed in /mnt/friendica/www
 ##
 
 server {
+  listen 80;
   server_name friendica.example.net;
+
   index index.php;
   root /mnt/friendica/www;
   rewrite ^ https://friendica.example.net$request_uri? permanent;
@@ -48,9 +51,6 @@ server {
   listen 443 ssl;
   server_name friendica.example.net;
 
-  index index.php;
-  root /mnt/friendica/www;
-
   ssl on;
   ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/friendica.example.net.chain.pem;
   ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/example.net.key;
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ server {
   ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv3:+EXP;
   ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
 
+  index index.php;
+  charset utf-8;
+  root /mnt/friendica/www;
+  access_log /var/log/nginx/friendica.log;
   # allow uploads up to 20MB in size
   client_max_body_size 20m;
   client_body_buffer_size 128k;
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ server {
   # otherwise fall back to front controller
   # allow browser to cache them
   # added .htm for advanced source code editor library
-  location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|css|js|htm|html|ttf|svg)$ {
+  location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|css|js|htm|html|ttf|woff|svg)$ {
     expires 30d;
     try_files $uri /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
   }
@@ -90,17 +94,28 @@ server {
   }
 
   # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
+  # or a unix socket
   location ~* \.php$ {
-    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
+    # Zero-day exploit defense.
+    # http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,88845,page=3
+    # Won't work properly (404 error) if the file is not stored on this
+    # server, which is entirely possible with php-fpm/php-fcgi.
+    # Comment the 'try_files' line out if you set up php-fpm/php-fcgi on
+    # another machine.  And then cross your fingers that you won't get hacked.
+    try_files $uri =404;
+
     # NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini
+    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
 
     # With php5-cgi alone:
     # fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
 
     # With php5-fpm:
     fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
-    fastcgi_index index.php;
+
     include fastcgi_params;
+    fastcgi_index index.php;
+    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
   }
 
   # deny access to all dot files