diff --git a/ansible/roles/dof_etherpad/templates/nginx-configmap-files.yml.j2 b/ansible/roles/dof_etherpad/templates/nginx-configmap-files.yml.j2
index 397ef4c0e..0cd72f438 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/dof_etherpad/templates/nginx-configmap-files.yml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/dof_etherpad/templates/nginx-configmap-files.yml.j2
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@ data:
         proxy_buffering off;
       }
 
+      location /etherpad/stats {
+        return 404;
+      }
+
       location / {
         root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
         index  index.html index.htm;
       }
 
-      location /stats {
-        return 404;
-      }
-
       #error_page  404              /404.html;
       # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
       #