diff --git a/production/nginx.conf b/production/nginx.conf
index 9bdeccc49..605c3ba16 100644
--- a/production/nginx.conf
+++ b/production/nginx.conf
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ http {
 		location = /api/ {
 			try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html =404;
 		}
+		location /api/v1/donations {
+			proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8999;
+			# don't rate limit this URL prefix
+		}
 		location /api/v1/ws {
 			proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8999/;
 			proxy_http_version 1.1;