diff --git a/.ebextensions/nginx/conf.d/elasticbeanstalk/subfiles/iiif-website.conf b/.ebextensions/nginx/conf.d/elasticbeanstalk/subfiles/iiif-website.conf
index 3160be9..29529e3 100644
--- a/.ebextensions/nginx/conf.d/elasticbeanstalk/subfiles/iiif-website.conf
+++ b/.ebextensions/nginx/conf.d/elasticbeanstalk/subfiles/iiif-website.conf
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 proxy_set_header Authorization '';
 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+proxy_hide_header Access-Control-Request-Method;
+proxy_set_header Access-Control-Request-Method GET;
 proxy_hide_header x-amz-id-2;
 proxy_hide_header x-amz-request-id;
 proxy_intercept_errors on;
 proxy_pass http://iiif-website.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com;
-proxy_hide_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin';
+proxy_hide_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/TestCORS.py b/tests/TestCORS.py
index 14d4332..d81761d 100644
--- a/tests/TestCORS.py
+++ b/tests/TestCORS.py
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ def test_options_cors(self):
             "Accept": "*/*",
             "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
             "Connection": "keep-alive",
-            "User-Agent": "HTTPie/3.2.1",
-            "Access-Control-Request-Method": "GET"
+            "User-Agent": "HTTPie/3.2.1"
         }
 
         response = requests.options(url, allow_redirects=False, headers=headers)