diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/post-deploy b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/post-deploy
index 7109830a3..e5c8faea0 100755
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/post-deploy
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/post-deploy
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 APP="$1"; PORT="$2"
 SSL="$HOME/$APP/ssl"
+
 if [[ -f "$HOME/VHOST" ]]; then
   VHOST=$(< "$HOME/VHOST")
   SUBDOMAIN=${APP/%\.${VHOST}/}
@@ -11,51 +12,54 @@ if [[ -f "$HOME/VHOST" ]]; then
     hostname="${APP/\//-}.$VHOST"
   fi
 
+  # ssl based nginx.conf
   if [[ -f "$SSL/server.crt" ]] && [[ -f "$SSL/server.key" ]]; then
-   CONF='upstream '$APP' { server 127.0.0.1:'$PORT'; }
+  cat<<EOF > $HOME/$APP/nginx.conf
+upstream $APP { server 127.0.0.1:$PORT; }
 server {
-  listen 80;
-  server_name '$hostname';
-  return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+  listen      80;
+  server_name $hostname;
+  return 301 https://\$host\$request_uri;
 }
 
 server {
   listen      443;
-  server_name '$hostname';
+  server_name $hostname;
 
   ssl on;
-  ssl_certificate     '$SSL'/server.crt;
-  ssl_certificate_key '$SSL'/server.key;
+  ssl_certificate     $SSL/server.crt;
+  ssl_certificate_key $SSL/server.key;
   ssl_ciphers ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA;
   ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.1 TLSv1;
   ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
 
   location    / {
-    proxy_pass  http://'$APP';
+    proxy_pass  http://$APP;
     proxy_http_version 1.1;
-    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+    proxy_set_header Upgrade \$http_upgrade;
     proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
-    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
-    proxy_set_header X-Scheme $scheme;
+    proxy_set_header Host \$http_host;
+    proxy_set_header X-Scheme \$scheme;
   }
-}'
+}
+EOF
 else
-    CONF='upstream '$APP' { server 127.0.0.1:'$PORT'; }
+# default nginx.conf
+  cat<<EOF > $HOME/$APP/nginx.conf
+upstream $APP { server 127.0.0.1:$PORT; }
 server {
   listen      80;
-  server_name '$hostname';
-
+  server_name $hostname;
   location    / {
-    proxy_pass  http://'$APP';
+    proxy_pass  http://$APP;
     proxy_http_version 1.1;
-    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+    proxy_set_header Upgrade \$http_upgrade;
     proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
-    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+    proxy_set_header Host \$http_host;
   }
-}'
+}
+EOF
   fi
-
-  echo "$CONF" > $HOME/$APP/nginx.conf
   nc -U $HOME/reload-nginx
   echo "$hostname" > "$HOME/$APP/VHOST"
 fi
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