diff --git a/contrib/nginx-zammad.conf b/contrib/nginx-zammad.conf
index 41714c42c..152917247 100644
--- a/contrib/nginx-zammad.conf
+++ b/contrib/nginx-zammad.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ server {
     error_log  /var/log/nginx/zammad.error.log;
 
     client_max_body_size 50M;
+    
+    upstream zammad {
+        server unix://opt/zammad/var/zammad.sock
+    }
 
     location ~ ^/(assets/|robots.txt|humans.txt|favicon.ico) {
         expires max;
@@ -28,6 +32,6 @@ server {
     location / {
         proxy_set_header Host $host;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-        proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
+        proxy_pass http://zammad;
     }
 }