diff --git a/ci/config/nginx/default.conf b/ci/config/nginx/default.conf
index 85fa35f..76828de 100644
--- a/ci/config/nginx/default.conf
+++ b/ci/config/nginx/default.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ server {
     listen 80;
     server_name localhost;
 
+    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+    index index.html;
+
     # Gzip compression
     gzip on;
     gzip_vary on;
@@ -18,21 +21,8 @@ server {
         return 302 /$locale/;
     }
 
-    # English locale
-    location /en/ {
-        alias /usr/share/nginx/html/en/;
-        index index.html;
-        try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.html /en/index.html;
-    }
-
-    # Russian locale
-    location /ru/ {
-        alias /usr/share/nginx/html/ru/;
-        index index.html;
-        try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.html /ru/index.html;
-    }
-
-    # Cache hashed static assets (JS, CSS, fonts)
+    # Cache hashed static assets (JS, CSS, fonts) — matched before locale prefix blocks
+    # root is inherited from server block, so /en/static/js/file.js resolves correctly
     location ~* \.(js|css|woff|woff2|ttf|eot)$ {
         expires 1y;
         add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable";
@@ -44,6 +34,16 @@ server {
         add_header Cache-Control "public, no-transform";
     }
 
+    # English locale — SPA fallback for non-asset routes
+    location /en/ {
+        try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.html /en/index.html;
+    }
+
+    # Russian locale — SPA fallback for non-asset routes
+    location /ru/ {
+        try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.html /ru/index.html;
+    }
+
     # Error pages
     error_page 404 /en/index.html;
 }