diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b3519806..4c550929 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ and this project adheres to
 - ♿️(frontend) fix sidepanel accessibility aria-label #1182
 - ♿️(frontend) fix more tools heading hierarchy #1181
 
+### Fixed
+
+- 🐛(frontend) redirect /media requests to nginx #1186
+
 ## [1.11.0] - 2026-03-19
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/frontend/default.conf b/src/frontend/default.conf
index 6dd98b53..ee9b1a1a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/default.conf
+++ b/src/frontend/default.conf
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ server {
       add_header Content-Disposition "attachment; filename=windows-app-web-link";
   }
 
+  # Proxy media requests received by the frontend to the nginx server
+   location /media {
+      proxy_pass http://nginx:8083;
+      proxy_http_version 1.1;
+      proxy_set_header Host $host;
+      proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+   }
+
   # Serve static files with caching
   location ~* ^/assets/.*\.(css|js|json|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg|woff|woff2|ttf|eot)$ {
       expires 30d;