diff --git a/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample b/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
index 70359ee..4090945 100644
--- a/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
+++ b/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ server {
     server_name _;
 
     root /app/www/public;
-    index index.html index.htm index.php;
+    index index.php index.html;
 
     location / {
         # enable for basic auth
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ server {
     }
 
     # set expiration of assets to MAX for caching
-    location ~* \.(ico|css|js)(\?[0-9]+)?$ {
+    location ~* \.(ico|css|js|png|gif)(\?[0-9]+)?$ {
         expires max;
         log_not_found off;
     }
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ server {
         fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(.*)$;
         fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
         fastcgi_index index.php;
+        fastcgi_read_timeout 3600;
         include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
     }