diff --git a/nginx/snippets/publik-wcs.conf b/nginx/snippets/publik-wcs.conf
index 2821e25..ee55068 100644
--- a/nginx/snippets/publik-wcs.conf
+++ b/nginx/snippets/publik-wcs.conf
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ location ~ ^/static/(.+)$ {
 }
 
 location ~ ^/media/(.+)$ {
+    root /;
     try_files /var/lib/wcs/tenants/$host/media/$1
               /var/lib/wcs/$host/media/$1
               =404;