diff --git a/conf/nginx-alldomains.conf b/conf/nginx-alldomains.conf
index 8466efd8..95008f19 100644
--- a/conf/nginx-alldomains.conf
+++ b/conf/nginx-alldomains.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+	root $ROOT;
+
 	# ADDITIONAL DIRECTIVES HERE
 
 	location = /robots.txt {
diff --git a/management/web_update.py b/management/web_update.py
index c400e9b0..7e00e427 100644
--- a/management/web_update.py
+++ b/management/web_update.py
@@ -198,11 +198,9 @@ def make_domain_config(domain, templates, ssl_certificates, env):
 	if not os.path.exists(nginx_conf_custom_include):
 		with open(nginx_conf_custom_include, "a+") as f:
 			f.writelines([
-				f"# Custom configurations for {domain} go here",
-				"# To use php: use the \"php-fpm\" alias",
-				""
-				f"root {root};",
-				"index index.html index.htm;"
+				f"# Custom configurations for {domain} go here\n",
+				"# To use php: use the \"php-fpm\" alias\n\n",
+				"index index.html index.htm;\n"
 			])
 	
 	nginx_conf_extra += "\tinclude %s;\n" % (nginx_conf_custom_include)
@@ -218,6 +216,7 @@ def make_domain_config(domain, templates, ssl_certificates, env):
 	# Replace substitution strings in the template & return.
 	nginx_conf = nginx_conf.replace("$STORAGE_ROOT", env['STORAGE_ROOT'])
 	nginx_conf = nginx_conf.replace("$HOSTNAME", domain)
+	nginx_conf = nginx_conf.replace("$ROOT", root)
 	nginx_conf = nginx_conf.replace("$SSL_KEY", tls_cert["private-key"])
 	nginx_conf = nginx_conf.replace("$SSL_CERTIFICATE", tls_cert["certificate"])
 	nginx_conf = nginx_conf.replace("$REDIRECT_DOMAIN", re.sub(r"^www\.", "", domain)) # for default www redirects to parent domain