diff --git a/bin/homepage b/bin/homepage
--- a/bin/homepage
+++ b/bin/homepage
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ events {
 http {
  include $ROOT/light9/web/mime.types;
  
+ proxy_buffering off;
+
  server {
   access_log off;
   autoindex on;
diff --git a/light9/homepage/write_config.py b/light9/homepage/write_config.py
--- a/light9/homepage/write_config.py
+++ b/light9/homepage/write_config.py
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ def main():
           proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
           proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
           proxy_set_header Host $host;
-
-          proxy_buffering off;
-
         }}
         location /{path}/ {{
           # vite has 'base' to deal with the /{path}/ part of the request