Hi Francis You're right I have overseen the ^~ for the location.
So for others, the solution to "force" the location directives is.. location ^~ /thumbs/embedded { add_header X-Served-By "IDENT1"; add_header Cache-Control public; add_header Pragma 'public'; add_header X-Cache-Status $upstream_cache_status; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Connection ""; proxy_set_header HOST $host; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; error_page 404 = /image404.php; proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:9001; } ##Match what's not in above location directive location ~* ^.+.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|xml)$ { #access_log on; #log_not_found on; aio on; sendfile on; expires max; add_header Cache-Control public; add_header Pragma 'public'; add_header X-Served-By "IDENT2"; #add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN; error_page 404 = /image404.php; } The quick view is that location /thumbs/embedded { change into location ^~ /thumbs/embedded { Pretty cool actually :) Posted at Nginx Forum: https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,272506,272563#msg-272563 _______________________________________________ nginx mailing list nginx@nginx.org http://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx