diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6c9d45..c56d86a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ Personal Relationship Manager - a new kind of CRM to organize interactions with
   * Currently it is only possible to install monica into the root of a domain (eg. https://example.com/)
   * This is due to a limitation in monica, not yunohost!
   * See [here](https://github.com/monicahq/monica/issues/139) for the current progress.
-* [ ] make root domain redirect to index.php
+* [x] make root domain redirect to index.php
diff --git a/conf/nginx.conf b/conf/nginx.conf
index db10d02..3bacff7 100644
--- a/conf/nginx.conf
+++ b/conf/nginx.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 location ^~ YNH_EXAMPLE_PATH {
   alias YNH_WWW_PATH;
   try_files $uri $uri/ @monica;
+  index index.php;
 
   location ~ \.php {
     fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+?\.php)(/.*)$;
diff --git a/install b/install
deleted file mode 100644
index d80b2d8..0000000
--- a/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-yunohost app install /vagrant/monica_ynh/ --debug -n -a "domain=ynh2.dev&path=/&admin=basti&is_public=0&language=en"