diff --git a/browser_env/nginx.browser-view.conf b/browser_env/nginx.browser-view.conf
index 3796234a..6d2ff069 100644
--- a/browser_env/nginx.browser-view.conf
+++ b/browser_env/nginx.browser-view.conf
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ http {
             proxy_pass http://browser:6080;
         }
 
-        location ~ ^/view/(?<owner>[a-f0-9]{16})$ {
+        location ~ "^/view/(?<owner>[a-f0-9]{16})$" {
             return 302 /view/$owner/vnc.html?path=view/$owner/websockify;
         }
 
-        location ~ ^/view/(?<owner>[a-f0-9]{16})/(?<rest>.*)$ {
+        location ~ "^/view/(?<owner>[a-f0-9]{16})/(?<rest>.*)$" {
             proxy_http_version 1.1;
             proxy_set_header Host $host;
             proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;