--- a/host/startup/nginx/nginx.acme_setup.conf.luan	Tue Dec 09 17:15:47 2025 -0800
+++ b/host/startup/nginx/nginx.acme_setup.conf.luan	Tue Dec 09 17:33:51 2025 -0800
@@ -12,9 +12,16 @@
 		error_log <%=rootDir%>/error.log;
 		access_log <%=rootDir%>/access.log;
 
+    # this directive should be included in a per-site
+    # nginx conf. this only exists for nginx.ssl.conf
+    # as far as I am aware. Currently, this will cause
+    # conflict with the server block defined in that
+    # file, so this file should be deleted when the
+    # initial setup is finished, and this directive
+    # should be added to that file instead.
 		location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
         root <%=rootDir%>;
-				try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
+        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
 		}
 
     include nginx.default.conf;