diff --git a/share/apache2/plinth.conf b/share/apache2/plinth.conf
index f3054aaaf..343dda538 100644
--- a/share/apache2/plinth.conf
+++ b/share/apache2/plinth.conf
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
     ## Use this rule to hang plinth off of plinth.(servername)
     ## The DocumentRoot is set by fabric
-    DocumentRoot /home/fbx/plinth/static
+    DocumentRoot /home/fbx/plinth
     ServerName plinth
     ServerAlias plinth.*
     ProxyPreserveHost on
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@
         Allow from 172.16.0.0/12
         Allow from 192.168.0.0/16
     </Proxy>
+    <Location /static>
+        Order Deny,Allow
+        Deny from All
+        Allow from 10.0.0.0/8
+        Allow from 172.16.0.0/12
+        Allow from 192.168.0.0/16
+        Require all granted
+    </Location>
 
     ## Use this rule to hang plinth off a subdir.
     ## Make sure to provide plinth with a default directory: /plinth