diff --git a/nginx/kitspace.template b/nginx/kitspace.template
index d434d83f31..4a4e3caaf4 100644
--- a/nginx/kitspace.template
+++ b/nginx/kitspace.template
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ server {
         return 200 "@KITSPACE_ROBOTS_TXT";
     }
 
-    location ^~ / {
+    # Proxy api requests to gitea, otherwise redirect to the apex domain.
+    location ^~ /api/v1/ {
         proxy_set_header           Host                               $http_host;
         proxy_set_header           X-Real-IP                          $remote_addr;
         proxy_set_header           X-Forwarded-For                    $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
@@ -59,6 +60,11 @@ server {
         }
         proxy_pass http://gitea:3000;
     }
+
+    location ^~ / {
+        # 307 just in case we end up exposing gitea again to avoid caching issues.
+        return 307 @KITSPACE_URL;
+    }
 }
 
 server {