diff --git a/docker/nginx/nginx-key.conf b/docker/nginx/nginx-key.conf
index 93cab4dc02d..fc677febfd2 100644
--- a/docker/nginx/nginx-key.conf
+++ b/docker/nginx/nginx-key.conf
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ http {
         location ~ ^/(channels)/(.+)/(things)/(.+) {
             include snippets/proxy-headers.conf;
             add_header Access-Control-Expose-Headers Location;
-            rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
-            proxy_pass http://things:${MG_THINGS_HTTP_PORT};
+            proxy_pass http://things:${MG_THINGS_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
         }
         # Proxy pass to users & groups id to things service for listing of channels
         # /users/{userID}/channels - Listing of channels belongs to userID
@@ -83,12 +82,11 @@ http {
         location ~ ^/(users|groups)/(.+)/(channels|things) {
             include snippets/proxy-headers.conf;
             add_header Access-Control-Expose-Headers Location;
-            rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
             if ($request_method = GET) {
-                proxy_pass http://things:${MG_THINGS_HTTP_PORT};
+                proxy_pass http://things:${MG_THINGS_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
                 break;
             }
-            proxy_pass http://users:${MG_USERS_HTTP_PORT};
+            proxy_pass http://users:${MG_USERS_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
         }
 
         # Proxy pass to channel id to users service for listing of channels
@@ -97,12 +95,11 @@ http {
         location ~ ^/(channels|things)/(.+)/(users|groups) {
             include snippets/proxy-headers.conf;
             add_header Access-Control-Expose-Headers Location;
-            rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
             if ($request_method = GET) {
-                proxy_pass http://users:${MG_USERS_HTTP_PORT};
+                proxy_pass http://users:${MG_USERS_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
                 break;
             }
-            proxy_pass http://things:${MG_THINGS_HTTP_PORT};
+            proxy_pass http://things:${MG_THINGS_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
         }
 
         # Proxy pass to user id to auth service for listing of domains
@@ -110,12 +107,11 @@ http {
         location ~ ^/(users)/(.+)/(domains) {
             include snippets/proxy-headers.conf;
             add_header Access-Control-Expose-Headers Location;
-            rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
             if ($request_method = GET) {
-                proxy_pass http://auth:${MG_AUTH_HTTP_PORT};
+                proxy_pass http://auth:${MG_AUTH_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
                 break;
             }
-            proxy_pass http://users:${MG_USERS_HTTP_PORT};
+            proxy_pass http://users:${MG_USERS_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
         }
 
         # Proxy pass to domain id to users service for listing of users
@@ -123,12 +119,11 @@ http {
         location ~ ^/(domains)/(.+)/(users) {
             include snippets/proxy-headers.conf;
             add_header Access-Control-Expose-Headers Location;
-            rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
             if ($request_method = GET) {
-                proxy_pass http://users:${MG_USERS_HTTP_PORT};
+                proxy_pass http://users:${MG_USERS_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
                 break;
             }
-            proxy_pass http://auth:${MG_AUTH_HTTP_PORT};
+            proxy_pass http://auth:${MG_AUTH_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
         }
 
 
@@ -136,16 +131,14 @@ http {
         location ~ ^/(domains) {
             include snippets/proxy-headers.conf;
             add_header Access-Control-Expose-Headers Location;
-            rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
-            proxy_pass http://auth:${MG_AUTH_HTTP_PORT};
+            proxy_pass http://auth:${MG_AUTH_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
         }
 
         # Proxy pass to users service
         location ~ ^/(users|groups|password|authorize) {
             include snippets/proxy-headers.conf;
             add_header Access-Control-Expose-Headers Location;
-            rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
-            proxy_pass http://users:${MG_USERS_HTTP_PORT};
+            proxy_pass http://users:${MG_USERS_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
         }
 
         location ^~ /users/policies {
@@ -158,8 +151,7 @@ http {
         location ~ ^/(things|channels|connect|disconnect|identify) {
             include snippets/proxy-headers.conf;
             add_header Access-Control-Expose-Headers Location;
-            rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
-            proxy_pass http://things:${MG_THINGS_HTTP_PORT};
+            proxy_pass http://things:${MG_THINGS_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
         }
 
         location ^~ /things/policies {
@@ -172,20 +164,17 @@ http {
         location ~ ^/(invitations) {
             include snippets/proxy-headers.conf;
             add_header Access-Control-Expose-Headers Location;
-            rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
-            proxy_pass http://invitations:${MG_INVITATIONS_HTTP_PORT};
+            proxy_pass http://invitations:${MG_INVITATIONS_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
         }
 
         location /health {
             include snippets/proxy-headers.conf;
-            rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
-            proxy_pass http://things:${MG_THINGS_HTTP_PORT};
+            proxy_pass http://things:${MG_THINGS_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
         }
 
         location /metrics {
             include snippets/proxy-headers.conf;
-            rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
-            proxy_pass http://things:${MG_THINGS_HTTP_PORT};
+            proxy_pass http://things:${MG_THINGS_HTTP_PORT}/$1;
         }
 
         ## Expose VAULT CRL, OCSP endpoint to public for verification of certificate.