# Moving Discourse to subdirectory caused all uploads to break

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-discourse-to-subdirectory-caused-all-uploads-to-break/32569
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 27, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-discourse-to-subdirectory-caused-all-uploads-to-break/32569 "2015-08-27T01:32:15Z")
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### Author: ![staticinvocation](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/staticinvocation/32/54469_2.png) [@staticinvocation](https://meta.discourse.org/u/staticinvocation)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-discourse-to-subdirectory-caused-all-uploads-to-break/32569/4 "2015-08-27T02:49:13Z")

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I did. In the OP I stated I followed this howto:

> [@Serve Discourse from a subfolder (path prefix) instead of a subdomain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subfolder-support-with-docker/30507):
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> warning Discourse Official Statement about Subfolder setup We support subfolder setups for our hosted customers at the enterprise level and up. Due to heavy technical setup complexity we strongly recommend you do not use this setup unless you are very experienced in custom subfolder setups. It is critical you have a deep understanding of NGINX setup in the Discourse Docker container Secure original IP forwarding using custom headers in the proxy chain Rate limiting in front proxy server I…

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