diff --git a/letsencrypt-nginx/conf/git.conf b/letsencrypt-nginx/conf/git.conf
index 4ad0bc4..8c75c97 100644
--- a/letsencrypt-nginx/conf/git.conf
+++ b/letsencrypt-nginx/conf/git.conf
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ server {
   server_name ${SERVER_NAME};
 
   location ~ /(.*) {
+    resolver 127.0.0.11 ipv6=off valid=30s; ## internal docker dns
     sub_filter '</head>'  '<!-- Matomo -->
     <script type="text/javascript">
       var _paq = window._paq || [];
@@ -126,7 +127,8 @@ server {
   # required to avoid HTTP 411: see Issue #1486 (https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/1486)
   chunked_transfer_encoding on;
   server_name ${SERVER_NAME};
-  location /v2/ {
+  location ~ /v2/(.*) {
+    resolver 127.0.0.11 ipv6=off valid=30s; ## internal docker dns
     # Do not allow connections from docker 1.5 and earlier
     # docker pre-1.6.0 did not properly set the user agent on ping, catch "Go *" user agents
     if (${DOLLAR}http_user_agent ~ "^(docker\/1\.(3|4|5(?!\.[0-9]-dev))|Go ).*$" ) {
@@ -138,9 +140,8 @@ server {
     proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For ${DOLLAR}proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
     proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto ${DOLLAR}scheme;
     proxy_buffering off;
-    # i could not get a variable to work..
     set ${DOLLAR}upstream ${REGISTRY_PROXY_PASS}/v2/${DOLLAR}1${DOLLAR}is_args${DOLLAR}args;
-    proxy_pass ${REGISTRY_PROXY_PASS}; ${DOLLAR}upstream;
+    proxy_pass ${DOLLAR}upstream;
   }
 }