diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index d610cd1..6797afa 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 server {
     listen 80;
-    server_name localhost;
+    server_name _;
     root /usr/share/nginx/html;
     index index.html;
 
-    # Disable caching for all responses
-    add_header Cache-Control "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate, max-age=0";
-    add_header Pragma "no-cache";
-    expires off;
+    # Disable caching for all responses during debugging
+    add_header Cache-Control "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate" always;
+    add_header Pragma "no-cache" always;
+    add_header Expires "0" always;
 
     # Favicon
     location = /favicon.ico {
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ server {
         log_not_found off;
     }
 
-    location = style2.css {
-         try_files /style2.css =204;
+    # Serve shared JS and CSS directories at root
+    location /js/ {
+        try_files $uri =404;
     }
 
-    location = chatv3.js {
-         try_files /chatv3.js =204;
+    location /css/ {
+        try_files $uri =404;
     }
-
     # Custom 404 page
     error_page 404 /404.html;
     location = /404.html {
@@ -77,9 +77,20 @@ server {
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
         proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
     }
+    # Cache static assets with content hash - minimal caching
+    location ~* \.(js|css)$ {
+        expires 1s;  # 1 second for rapid iteration
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=1, must-revalidate" always;
+    }
+    # Cache images and icons - short caching
+    location ~* \.(ico|png|svg|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp)$ {
+        expires 5s;  # 5 seconds, adjust as needed
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=5, must-revalidate" always;
+    }
 
     # Gzip compression for better performance
     gzip on;
     gzip_vary on;
+    gzip_min_length 1024;
     gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml text/javascript application/javascript application/xml+rss application/json;
 }