diff --git a/images/router/nginx/Dockerfile b/images/router/nginx/Dockerfile
index a589b529b9f2..5aebfb560ce5 100644
--- a/images/router/nginx/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/router/nginx/Dockerfile
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ RUN INSTALL_PKGS="nginx" && \
     rpm -V $INSTALL_PKGS && \
     yum clean all && \
     mkdir -p /var/lib/nginx/router/{certs,cacerts} && \
-    mkdir -p /var/lib/nginx/{conf,run,bin,log} && \
+    mkdir -p /var/lib/nginx/{conf,run,bin,log,logs} && \
     touch /var/lib/nginx/conf/{{os_http_be,os_edge_http_be,os_tcp_be,os_sni_passthrough,os_reencrypt,os_route_http_expose,os_route_http_redirect,cert_config,os_wildcard_domain}.map,nginx.config} && \
     setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=ep' /usr/sbin/nginx && \
     chown -R :0 /var/lib/nginx && \
+    chown -R :0 /var/log/nginx && \
+    chmod -R 777 /var/log/nginx && \
     chmod -R 777 /var/lib/nginx
 
 COPY . /var/lib/nginx/
diff --git a/images/router/nginx/conf/nginx-config.template b/images/router/nginx/conf/nginx-config.template
index c5258f7c3a03..84c306a35e55 100644
--- a/images/router/nginx/conf/nginx-config.template
+++ b/images/router/nginx/conf/nginx-config.template
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
     					backend for a route and contains all the endpoints for the service
 */}}
 {{- define "/var/lib/nginx/conf/nginx.config" -}}
-user       www www;  ## Default: nobody
+#user       www www;  ## Default: nobody
 worker_processes  5;  ## Default: 1
-error_log  logs/error.log;
-pid        logs/nginx.pid;
+error_log  /var/lib/nginx/logs/error.log;
+pid        /var/lib/nginx/logs/nginx.pid;
 worker_rlimit_nofile 8192;
 
 events {
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ events {
 }
 
 http {
-  include    conf/mime.types;
-  include    /etc/nginx/proxy.conf;
-  include    /etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf;
+  #include    conf/mime.types;
+  #include    /etc/nginx/proxy.conf;
+  #include    /etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf;
   index    index.html index.htm index.php;
 
   default_type application/octet-stream;
   log_format   main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local]  $status '
     '"$request" $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
     '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
-  access_log   logs/access.log  main;
+  access_log   /var/lib/nginx/logs/access.log  main;
   sendfile     on;
   tcp_nopush   on;
   server_names_hash_bucket_size 128; # this seems to be required for some vhosts
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ http {
 
   server { # simple load balancing
     listen          80;
-    server_name     {{$cfg.host}};
-    access_log      logs/be_http_{{$cfgIdx}}.log main;
+    server_name     {{$cfg.Host}};
+    access_log      /var/lib/nginx/logs/be_http_{{$cfgIdx}}.log main;
 
     location / {
       proxy_pass      http://be_http_{{$cfgIdx}};
diff --git a/images/router/nginx/reload-nginx b/images/router/nginx/reload-nginx
index 90e75b5c82f5..a496804b1db3 100755
--- a/images/router/nginx/reload-nginx
+++ b/images/router/nginx/reload-nginx
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ old_pids=$(ps -A -opid,args | grep nginx | egrep -v -e 'grep|reload-nginx' | awk
 
 reload_status=0
 if [ -n "$old_pids" ]; then
-  /usr/sbin/nginx -s reload
+  /usr/sbin/nginx -c ${config_file} -s reload
   reload_status=$?
 else
-  /usr/sbin/nginx -c $config_file
+  /usr/sbin/nginx -c ${config_file}
   reload_status=$?
 fi
 exit $reload_status