diff --git a/devenv/frontend-service/nginx.conf b/devenv/frontend-service/nginx.conf
index 26d6c1f9968..1cf21295a36 100644
--- a/devenv/frontend-service/nginx.conf
+++ b/devenv/frontend-service/nginx.conf
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ server {
   # API calls go to the backend
   # Cheat with app plugin paths and route them to the backend. These should come from
   # the Plugin CDN
-  location ~ ^/(api|apis|bootdata|logout|public\/plugins\/grafana\-\w+\-app) {
+  location ~ ^/(api|apis|avatar|bootdata|render|logout|public\/plugins) {
     if ($cookie_fs_unavailable) {
       add_header Content-Type application/json always;
       return 503 '{"code":"Loading", "message": "Soon!"}';