diff --git a/configs/nginx/README.md b/configs/nginx/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10574a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/nginx/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+`nginx.example` - Example nginx config with letsencrypt. You need to update with the path of installation, certificate paths, domain names, etc.
+`nginx_no_https.example` - Same thing, without https. Can be used for testing and development.
+`nginx_advanced.example` - An advanced example with both clearnet and tor, with snippets to reduce repitition for a cleaner config
diff --git a/configs/nginx/nginx.example b/configs/nginx/nginx.example
index 60c2e3ea..d9941ab6 100644
--- a/configs/nginx/nginx.example
+++ b/configs/nginx/nginx.example
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ server {
 #	location ~* \.json$ {
 #		expires 0;
 #		root /path/to/jschan/static/json;
-#		try_files $uri =404;
+#		try_files $uri @backend;
 #		#json doesnt hit backend if it doesnt exist yet.
 #	}
 #
diff --git a/configs/nginx/nginx_advanced.example b/configs/nginx/nginx_advanced.example
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5fc27a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/nginx/nginx_advanced.example
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+upstream chan {
+	server 127.0.0.1:7000;
+}
+
+server {
+
+	server_name www.xxxxxxxx.onion xxxxxxxx.onion;
+
+	client_max_body_size 0;
+	listen unix:/var/run/nginx-tor.sock;
+	allow "unix:";
+	deny all;
+
+	include /etc/nginx/snippets/security_headers.conf;
+	include /etc/nginx/snippets/error_pages.conf;
+	include /etc/nginx/snippets/jschan_routes_tor.conf;
+
+}
+
+server {
+
+	server_name www.example.com example.com;
+
+	client_max_body_size 0;
+	#header will tell tor users accessing clearnet endpoint to use onion service
+	add_header onion-location 'http://xxxxxxxxxxx.onion';	
+
+	include /etc/nginx/snippets/security_headers.conf;
+	include /etc/nginx/snippets/error_pages.conf;
+	include /etc/nginx/snippets/jschan_routes.conf;
+
+	listen [::]:443 ssl ipv6only=on; # managed by Certbot
+	listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
+	ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
+	ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
+	include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
+	ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot
+
+}
+
+server {
+	if ($host = www.example.com) {
+		return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+	} # managed by Certbot
+
+	if ($host = example.com) {
+		return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+	} # managed by Certbot
+
+	server_name www.example.com example.com;
+
+	listen 80;
+	listen [::]:80;
+	return 444; # managed by Certbot
+
+}
diff --git a/configs/nginx/snippets/jschan_routes.conf b/configs/nginx/snippets/jschan_routes.conf
index 1204e5d3..a2b4ba9d 100644
--- a/configs/nginx/snippets/jschan_routes.conf
+++ b/configs/nginx/snippets/jschan_routes.conf
@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@ if ($request_uri ~ ^/(?!captcha|randombanner|forms|logout|socket\.io)) {
 }
 
 location = /robots.txt {
-	testcookie off;
 	access_log off;
 	add_header Content-Type text/plain;
 	return 200 "User-agent: *\nDisallow:\n";
 }
 
 location = /site.webmanifest {
-	testcookie off;
 	access_log off;
 	expires max;
 	root /path/to/jschan/static/file;
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@ location = /site.webmanifest {
 }
 
 location = /browserconfig.xml {
-	testcookie off;
 	access_log off;
 	expires max;
 	root /path/to/jschan/static/file;
@@ -27,7 +24,6 @@ location = /browserconfig.xml {
 }
 
 location = /favicon.ico {
-	testcookie off;
 	access_log off;
 	expires max;
 	root /path/to/jschan/static/file;
@@ -35,13 +31,13 @@ location = /favicon.ico {
 }
 
 location = / {
-	return 302 http://$host/index.html;
+	return 302 https://$host/index.html;
 }
 
 location /captcha {
 	root /path/to/jschan/static/captcha;
 	if ($cookie_captchaid) {
-		return 302 http://$host/captcha/$cookie_captchaid.jpg;
+		return 302 https://$host/captcha/$cookie_captchaid.jpg;
 	}
 	try_files /$cookie_captchaid.jpg @backend;
 }
@@ -56,20 +52,20 @@ location / {
 	proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
 	proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
 
-	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto http;
+	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
 	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
 	proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-	proxy_set_header X-Country-Code 'TOR';
+	proxy_set_header X-Country-Code $geoip_country_code;
 }
 
 location @backend {
 	proxy_buffering off;
 	proxy_pass http://chan$request_uri;
 	proxy_http_version 1.1;
-	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto http;
+	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
 	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
 	proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-	proxy_set_header X-Country-Code 'TOR';
+	proxy_set_header X-Country-Code $geoip_country_code;
 	proxy_set_header Connection '';
 	proxy_set_header Host $host;
 }
@@ -84,15 +80,14 @@ location ~* \.html$ {
 
 # JSON
 location ~* \.json$ {
-	testcookie off;
 	expires 0;
 	root /path/to/jschan/static/json;
 	try_files $uri @backend;
+	#json doesnt hit backend if it doesnt exist yet.
 }
 
 # CSS
 location ~* \.css$ {
-	testcookie off;
 	access_log off;
 	expires 1w;
 	root /path/to/jschan/static;
@@ -101,7 +96,6 @@ location ~* \.css$ {
 
 # Scripts
 location ~* \.js$ {
-	testcookie off;
 	expires 1w;
 	access_log off;
 	root /path/to/jschan/static;
@@ -110,7 +104,6 @@ location ~* \.js$ {
 
 # Files (image, video, audio, other)
 location ~* \.(png|jpg|jpeg|webmanifest|apng|bmp|webp|pjpeg|jfif|gif|mp4|webm|mov|mkv|svg|mp3|ogg|wav|opus)$ {
-	testcookie off;
 	access_log off;
 	expires max;
 	root /path/to/jschan/static;
@@ -118,8 +111,7 @@ location ~* \.(png|jpg|jpeg|webmanifest|apng|bmp|webp|pjpeg|jfif|gif|mp4|webm|mo
 }
 
 # inline in browser so even HTML filetypes can be offered and will present a "save" dialog box
-location ~* \.(txt)$ {
-	testcookie off;
+location ~* \.(txt|bin)$ {
 	access_log off;
 	expires max;
 	add_header Cache-Control "public";
diff --git a/configs/nginx/snippets/jschan_routes_tor.conf b/configs/nginx/snippets/jschan_routes_tor.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c224a2a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/nginx/snippets/jschan_routes_tor.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+if ($request_uri ~ ^/(?!captcha|randombanner|forms|logout|socket\.io)) {
+	rewrite ^([^.\?]*[^/])$ $1/ redirect;
+	rewrite ^(.+)/$ $1/index.html redirect;
+}
+
+location = /robots.txt {
+	access_log off;
+	add_header Content-Type text/plain;
+	return 200 "User-agent: *\nDisallow:\n";
+}
+
+location = /site.webmanifest {
+	access_log off;
+	expires max;
+	root /path/to/jschan/static/file;
+	try_files $uri =404;
+}
+
+location = /browserconfig.xml {
+	access_log off;
+	expires max;
+	root /path/to/jschan/static/file;
+	try_files $uri =404;
+}
+
+location = /favicon.ico {
+	access_log off;
+	expires max;
+	root /path/to/jschan/static/file;
+	try_files $uri =404;
+}
+
+location = / {
+	return 302 http://$host/index.html;
+}
+
+location /captcha {
+	root /path/to/jschan/static/captcha;
+	if ($cookie_captchaid) {
+		return 302 http://$host/captcha/$cookie_captchaid.jpg;
+	}
+	try_files /$cookie_captchaid.jpg @backend;
+}
+
+location / {
+	proxy_buffering off;
+	proxy_pass http://chan$request_uri;
+	proxy_http_version 1.1;
+
+	proxy_set_header Host $host;
+	proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+	proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
+	proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
+
+	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto http;
+	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+	proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+	proxy_set_header X-Country-Code 'TOR';
+}
+
+location @backend {
+	proxy_buffering off;
+	proxy_pass http://chan$request_uri;
+	proxy_http_version 1.1;
+	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto http;
+	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+	proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+	proxy_set_header X-Country-Code 'TOR';
+	proxy_set_header Connection '';
+	proxy_set_header Host $host;
+}
+
+# HTML
+location ~* \.html$ {
+	expires 0;
+	default_type text/html; #needed for cache control private in backend
+	root /path/to/jschan/static/html;
+	try_files $uri @backend;
+}
+
+# JSON
+location ~* \.json$ {
+	expires 0;
+	root /path/to/jschan/static/json;
+	try_files $uri @backend;
+	#json doesnt hit backend if it doesnt exist yet.
+}
+
+# CSS
+location ~* \.css$ {
+	access_log off;
+	expires 1w;
+	root /path/to/jschan/static;
+	try_files $uri =404;
+}
+
+# Scripts
+location ~* \.js$ {
+	expires 1w;
+	access_log off;
+	root /path/to/jschan/static;
+	try_files $uri =404;
+}
+
+# Files (image, video, audio, other)
+location ~* \.(png|jpg|jpeg|webmanifest|apng|bmp|webp|pjpeg|jfif|gif|mp4|webm|mov|mkv|svg|mp3|ogg|wav|opus)$ {
+	access_log off;
+	expires max;
+	root /path/to/jschan/static;
+	try_files $uri =404;
+}
+
+# inline in browser so even HTML filetypes can be offered and will present a "save" dialog box
+location ~* \.(txt|bin)$ {
+	access_log off;
+	expires max;
+	add_header Cache-Control "public";
+	add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
+	add_header Content-Disposition "attachment";
+	root /path/to/jschan/static;
+	try_files $uri =404;
+}