diff --git a/nginx.demo.conf b/nginx.demo.conf
index c8de606..7b2e9b8 100644
--- a/nginx.demo.conf
+++ b/nginx.demo.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ server {
     listen 8080;
     server_name localhost;
 
+    absolute_redirect off;
+    port_in_redirect off;
+
     include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
     default_type application/octet-stream;
 
@@ -11,20 +14,30 @@ server {
     # Support for SPA routing
     location / {
         try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+        add_header Cache-Control "no-cache";
     }
 
     # Don't serve index.html for missing assets
-    location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg|woff|woff2|ttf|eot|wasm|json)$ {
-        try_files $uri =404;
+    location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg|woff|woff2|ttf|eot|wasm|json|proto)$ {
         add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
-    }
-
-    # Handle manifest.json specifically if needed
-    location = /manifest.json {
+        access_log off;
         try_files $uri =404;
     }
 
-    # Mock API responses for demo mode
+    # Handle manifest.json and service-worker.js specifically
+    location ~* (manifest\.json|service-worker\.js) {
+        add_header Cache-Control "no-cache";
+        try_files $uri =404;
+    }
+
+    # Gzip compression
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_vary on;
+    gzip_proxied any;
+    gzip_comp_level 6;
+    gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml application/json application/javascript application/rss+xml application/atom+xml image/svg+xml;
+
+    # Mock responses for demo mode with the power of NGINX!
     location /api/v1/auth/status {
         return 200 '{"auth_enabled": false, "authenticated": true}';
         add_header Content-Type application/json;