diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 273485307..fc33897e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Mempool visualizer for the Bitcoin blockchain. Live demo: https://mempool.space/
 * Bitcoin (full node required, no pruning)
 * NodeJS (official stable LTS)
 * MariaDB (default config)
+* Nginx (use supplied nginx.conf)
 
 ## NodeJS setup
 
@@ -133,9 +134,11 @@ Then in another terminal:
 
 ```
 cd ../frontend/
-npm run start
+npm run build
 ```
 
+Start nginx using the supplied nginx.conf and copy the resulting dist/ into /var/www/html
+
 ## Open Browser
 
 ```
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/services/api.service.ts b/frontend/src/app/services/api.service.ts
index ffaaf169e..b577097c5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/services/api.service.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/services/api.service.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { MemPoolService } from './mem-pool.service';
 import { tap, retryWhen, delay } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
-const WEB_SOCKET_URL = 'ws://' + document.location.hostname + ':8999';
+const WEB_SOCKET_URL = 'ws://' + document.location.hostname + '/ws';
 const API_BASE_URL = '/api/v1';
 
 @Injectable({
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19c8d0946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+user www-data;
+worker_processes auto;
+pid /run/nginx.pid;
+include /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/*.conf;
+
+events {
+	worker_connections 768;
+	# multi_accept on;
+}
+
+http {
+	sendfile on;
+	tcp_nopush on;
+	tcp_nodelay on;
+	keepalive_timeout 65;
+	types_hash_max_size 2048;
+
+	include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+	default_type application/octet-stream;
+
+	ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE
+	ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+
+	access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
+	error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
+
+	gzip on;
+	gzip_comp_level    5;
+	gzip_min_length    256;
+	gzip_proxied       any;
+	gzip_vary          on;
+
+	gzip_types application/atom+xml application/javascript application/json application/ld+json application/manifest+json application/rss+xml application/vnd.geo+json application/vnd.ms-fontobject application/x-font-ttf application/x-web-app-manifest+json application/xhtml+xml application/xml font/opentype image/bmp image/svg+xml image/x-icon text/cache-manifest text/css text/plain text/vcard text/vnd.rim.location.xloc text/vtt text/x-component text/x-cross-domain-policy; # text/html is always compressed by gzip module
+
+	server {
+		listen 80;
+		listen [::]:80;
+		server_name mempool.space;
+
+		if ($host = mempool.space) {
+			return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+		} # managed by Certbot
+
+		return 404; # managed by Certbot
+	}
+
+	server {
+		listen [::]:443 ssl ipv6only=on; # managed by Certbot
+		listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
+		ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/mempool.space/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
+		ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/mempool.space/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
+		include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
+		ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
+
+		root /var/www/html;
+
+		index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
+		server_name mempool.space; # managed by Certbot
+
+		location / {
+			try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html =404;
+		}
+
+		location /api {
+			proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8999/api;
+		}
+
+		location /ws {
+			proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8999/;
+			proxy_http_version 1.1;
+			proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+			proxy_set_header Connection "Upgrade";
+		}
+	}
+}