diff --git a/volumes/conf.d/validate.vouch.armos.zinomedia.de.conf b/volumes/conf.d/validate.vouch.armos.zinomedia.de.conf
index 82d1ba3..734513f 100644
--- a/volumes/conf.d/validate.vouch.armos.zinomedia.de.conf
+++ b/volumes/conf.d/validate.vouch.armos.zinomedia.de.conf
@@ -16,9 +16,45 @@ server {
 
     add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always;
 
+
+    # forward the /validate request to Vouch Proxy
+    proxy_pass http://vouch:9090/validate;
+
+    # be sure to pass the original host header
+    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+
+    # Vouch Proxy only acts on the request headers
+    proxy_pass_request_body off;
+    proxy_set_header Content-Length "";
+
+    # optionally add X-Vouch-User as returned by Vouch Proxy along with the request
+    auth_request_set $auth_resp_x_vouch_user $upstream_http_x_vouch_user;
+
+    # these return values are used by the @error401 call
+    auth_request_set $auth_resp_jwt $upstream_http_x_vouch_jwt;
+    auth_request_set $auth_resp_err $upstream_http_x_vouch_err;
+    auth_request_set $auth_resp_failcount $upstream_http_x_vouch_failcount;
+
+
     # location / {
     #     # forward the /validate request to Vouch Proxy
     #     proxy_pass http://vouch:9090/validate;
+    #     # be sure to pass the original host header
+    #     proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+    #     # Vouch Proxy only acts on the request headers
+    #     proxy_pass_request_body off;
+    #     proxy_set_header Content-Length "";
+    #     # optionally add X-Vouch-User as returned by Vouch Proxy along with the request
+    #     auth_request_set $auth_resp_x_vouch_user $upstream_http_x_vouch_user;
+    #     # these return values are used by the @error401 call
+    #     auth_request_set $auth_resp_jwt $upstream_http_x_vouch_jwt;
+    #     auth_request_set $auth_resp_err $upstream_http_x_vouch_err;
+    #     auth_request_set $auth_resp_failcount $upstream_http_x_vouch_failcount;
+    # }
+
+    # location = /validate {
+    #     # forward the /validate request to Vouch Proxy
+    #     proxy_pass http://vouch:9090/validate;
 
     #     # be sure to pass the original host header
     #     proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
@@ -36,26 +72,6 @@ server {
     #     auth_request_set $auth_resp_failcount $upstream_http_x_vouch_failcount;
     # }
 
-    location = /validate {
-        # forward the /validate request to Vouch Proxy
-        proxy_pass http://vouch:9090;
-
-        # be sure to pass the original host header
-        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
-
-        # Vouch Proxy only acts on the request headers
-        proxy_pass_request_body off;
-        proxy_set_header Content-Length "";
-
-        # optionally add X-Vouch-User as returned by Vouch Proxy along with the request
-        auth_request_set $auth_resp_x_vouch_user $upstream_http_x_vouch_user;
-
-        # these return values are used by the @error401 call
-        auth_request_set $auth_resp_jwt $upstream_http_x_vouch_jwt;
-        auth_request_set $auth_resp_err $upstream_http_x_vouch_err;
-        auth_request_set $auth_resp_failcount $upstream_http_x_vouch_failcount;
-    }
-
     # if validate returns `401 not authorized` then forward the request to the error401block
     error_page 401 = @error401;
 
diff --git a/volumes/snippets/enable-vouch.conf b/volumes/snippets/enable-vouch.conf
index 7dda9f4..6b06057 100644
--- a/volumes/snippets/enable-vouch.conf
+++ b/volumes/snippets/enable-vouch.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 auth_request /validate;
 
 location = /validate {
-    proxy_pass https://validate.vouch.armos.zinomedia.de;
+    proxy_pass https://validate.vouch.armos.zinomedia.de:443;
     
     # # be sure to pass the original host header
     # proxy_set_header Host $http_host;