diff --git a/infrastructure/api-configuration/api-server-instance-user-data.tpl.sh b/infrastructure/api-configuration/api-server-instance-user-data.tpl.sh
index e107e8aa2..8197ffde1 100644
--- a/infrastructure/api-configuration/api-server-instance-user-data.tpl.sh
+++ b/infrastructure/api-configuration/api-server-instance-user-data.tpl.sh
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ EOF
 
 chown -R ubuntu /home/ubuntu
 
-STATIC_VOLUMES=/tmp/volumes_static
-mkdir -p /tmp/volumes_static
-chmod a+rwx /tmp/volumes_static
+STATIC_VOLUMES=/var/www/volumes_static
+mkdir -p /var/www/volumes_static
+chmod a+rwx /var/www/volumes_static
 
 # Pull the API image.
 docker pull "${dockerhub_repo}/${api_docker_image}"
diff --git a/infrastructure/api-configuration/nginx_config.conf b/infrastructure/api-configuration/nginx_config.conf
index 3b025c18f..4b9052212 100644
--- a/infrastructure/api-configuration/nginx_config.conf
+++ b/infrastructure/api-configuration/nginx_config.conf
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ http {
 
         location /static {
             autoindex on;
-            alias /tmp/volumes_static/;
+            alias /var/www/volumes_static/;
         }
 
         location / {