diff --git a/app/static/README b/app/static/README
index 42b1b717..29e9483a 100644
--- a/app/static/README
+++ b/app/static/README
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Static content served directly by Apache.
+Static content served directly by nginx.
diff --git a/tools/etc/scodoc9.nginx b/tools/etc/scodoc9.nginx
index dbc31caf..05f55bee 100644
--- a/tools/etc/scodoc9.nginx
+++ b/tools/etc/scodoc9.nginx
@@ -28,10 +28,17 @@ server {
         proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
     }
-
-    location /static {
+    location /ScoDoc/static {
         # handle static files directly, without forwarding to the application
         alias /opt/scodoc/app/static;
-        expires 5d;
+        expires 1d;
+    }
+    location /ScoDoc/static/bootstrap {
+        # (temp.) exception: home page using flask_bootstrap !
+        proxy_pass http://localhost:8000;
+        proxy_redirect off;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
     } 
 }