diff --git a/nginx/default.conf b/nginx/default.conf
index cc212a0ad394ac2f4ade5208b5a11fe2edf1ab65..b0b8812e4ef489192f14ddbc988f321f90c576bf 100644
--- a/nginx/default.conf
+++ b/nginx/default.conf
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ server {
 
     # proxy_set_header must be outside if clause (cf. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16500594/why-i-cant-put-proxy-set-header-inside-an-if-clause )
     proxy_set_header User-Agent "";
+    proxy_ssl_verify off;
+    proxy_ssl_server_name on;
+    proxy_ssl_session_reuse off;
+    proxy_ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
     
     if ($prerender = 1) {
       # For use of proxy_pass within a regular expression location, cf. https://stackoverflow.com/a/53354944
       proxy_pass https://$host/api/render/$uri;
-      proxy_ssl_verify off;
-      proxy_ssl_server_name on;
-      proxy_ssl_session_reuse off;
-      proxy_ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
     }
 
     # if no prerender, apply default angular route