diff --git a/config/nginx.sample.conf b/config/nginx.sample.conf
index c9ba2009782..df7a0894f9e 100644
--- a/config/nginx.sample.conf
+++ b/config/nginx.sample.conf
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 upstream discourse {
-  server unix:///var/www/discourse/tmp/sockets/thin.0.sock;
-  server unix:///var/www/discourse/tmp/sockets/thin.1.sock;
-  server unix:///var/www/discourse/tmp/sockets/thin.2.sock;
-  server unix:///var/www/discourse/tmp/sockets/thin.3.sock;
+  server unix:/var/www/discourse/tmp/sockets/thin.0.sock;
+  server unix:/var/www/discourse/tmp/sockets/thin.1.sock;
+  server unix:/var/www/discourse/tmp/sockets/thin.2.sock;
+  server unix:/var/www/discourse/tmp/sockets/thin.3.sock;
 }
 
 server {