diff --git a/nginx.conf.sigil b/nginx.conf.sigil
index 0179d3d..f015ed5 100644
--- a/nginx.conf.sigil
+++ b/nginx.conf.sigil
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ server {
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' 'https://discoursio-webapp.vercel.app';
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods' 'GET, POST, OPTIONS';
      add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers' 'Content-Type, Authorization';
+     proxy_http_version 1.1;
+     proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+     proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
     }
 
     # Error pages