diff --git a/nginx_docker_internal_proxy/nginx_internal_forwarding.conf b/nginx_docker_internal_proxy/nginx_internal_forwarding.conf
index 8613f42220ae4859b596f27ba0e98d357e11ab28..43775707b26a482c18ab5cd8bb2614a1025377c8 100644
--- a/nginx_docker_internal_proxy/nginx_internal_forwarding.conf
+++ b/nginx_docker_internal_proxy/nginx_internal_forwarding.conf
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ server {
                 proxy_pass_request_headers      on;
         }
 
+        location /authority-api {
+                rewrite /authority-api/(.*) /$1  break;
+                proxy_pass http://authority-api:5700;
+                proxy_pass_request_headers      on;
+        }
+
         location / {
                 proxy_pass http://leafwriter:3000;
                 proxy_pass_request_headers      on;