diff --git a/myems-api/requirements.txt b/myems-api/requirements.txt
index 395a9ea9..12bd96f0 100644
--- a/myems-api/requirements.txt
+++ b/myems-api/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ falcon
 falcon_cors
 falcon-multipart
 gunicorn
-openpyxl
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+openpyxl
+pillow
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index d54915f7..c8b63344 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ http {
 			root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
 		}
 
+		location /api {
+          proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000/;
+          proxy_connect_timeout 75;
+          proxy_read_timeout 600;
+          send_timeout 600;
+      }
+
 	}
 
 	server {
@@ -66,6 +73,13 @@ http {
 			root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
 		}
 
+        location /api {
+          proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000/;
+          proxy_connect_timeout 75;
+          proxy_read_timeout 600;
+          send_timeout 600;
+      }
+
 	}