diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/templates/default/nginx_conf.erb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/templates/default/nginx_conf.erb
index 2540434..7965156 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/templates/default/nginx_conf.erb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_gitea/templates/default/nginx_conf.erb
@@ -24,10 +24,15 @@ server {
 
   client_max_body_size 20M;
 
-  location / {
-    # Increase number of buffers. Default is 8
+  location ~ ^/(avatars|repo-avatars)/.*$ {
     proxy_buffers 1024 8k;
+    proxy_pass http://_gitea;
+    proxy_http_version 1.1;
+    expires 30d;
+  }
 
+  location / {
+    proxy_buffers 1024 8k;
     proxy_pass http://_gitea;
     proxy_http_version 1.1;
   }