diff --git a/content/doc/book/system-administration/reverse-proxy-configuration-with-jenkins/reverse-proxy-configuration-nginx.adoc b/content/doc/book/system-administration/reverse-proxy-configuration-with-jenkins/reverse-proxy-configuration-nginx.adoc
index 8d3d9e078c08..d4a2869f3386 100644
--- a/content/doc/book/system-administration/reverse-proxy-configuration-with-jenkins/reverse-proxy-configuration-nginx.adoc
+++ b/content/doc/book/system-administration/reverse-proxy-configuration-with-jenkins/reverse-proxy-configuration-nginx.adoc
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ server {
   # pass through headers from Jenkins that Nginx considers invalid
   ignore_invalid_headers off;
 
-  location ~ "^/static/[0-9a-fA-F]{8}\/(.*)$" {
+  location ~ "^\/static\/[0-9a-fA-F]{8}\/(.*)$" {
     # rewrite all static files into requests to the root
     # E.g /static/12345678/css/something.css will become /css/something.css
-    rewrite "^/static/[0-9a-fA-F]{8}\/(.*)" /$1 last;
+    rewrite "^\/static\/[0-9a-fA-F]{8}\/(.*)" /$1 last;
   }
 
   location /userContent {