diff --git a/config/balancer/conf.d/balancer-server.conf b/config/balancer/conf.d/balancer-server.conf
index cf31999..6cca766 100644
--- a/config/balancer/conf.d/balancer-server.conf
+++ b/config/balancer/conf.d/balancer-server.conf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ server {
    }
                                                                                                                             
    location / {
-        set $pass_access_scheme  $scheme;
+        set $pass_access_scheme  $the_scheme;
         set $pass_server_port    $server_port;
 			
 	set $best_http_host      $http_host;
diff --git a/config/balancer/nginx.conf b/config/balancer/nginx.conf
index d2dd27c..fc26dae 100644
--- a/config/balancer/nginx.conf
+++ b/config/balancer/nginx.conf
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ http {
 	       	""        $request_id; 
     }
 
+    map $http_x_forwarded_proto $the_scheme {
+        default $http_x_forwarded_proto;
+        "" $scheme;
+    }
+
     upstream main_balancer {
 
                 server 0.0.0.1; # placeholder