diff --git a/laravel/nixpacks.toml b/laravel/nixpacks.toml
index a0d8623..58e60ca 100644
--- a/laravel/nixpacks.toml
+++ b/laravel/nixpacks.toml
@@ -143,9 +143,16 @@ http {
      
         charset utf-8;
      
-        location / {
-            try_files $uri $uri/ ${NIXPACKS_PHP_FALLBACK_PATH:-/index.php}?$query_string;
-        }
+
+        $if(NIXPACKS_PHP_FALLBACK_PATH) (
+            location / {
+                try_files $uri $uri/ ${NIXPACKS_PHP_FALLBACK_PATH}?$query_string;
+            }
+        ) else (
+          location / {
+                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
+           }
+        )
      
         location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
         location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }