diff --git a/examples/apache/matrix-synapse.conf b/examples/apache/matrix-synapse.conf
index dcfc51b5..bfd1abc7 100644
--- a/examples/apache/matrix-synapse.conf
+++ b/examples/apache/matrix-synapse.conf
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 	# Beware: In this example the local traffic goes to the local synapse server at 127.0.0.1
 	# Of course you can use another IPADRESS in case of using other synapse servers in your network
 	AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
-	ProxyPass /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8048/_matrix
+	ProxyPass /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8048/_matrix retry=0 nocanon
 	ProxyPassReverse /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8048/_matrix
 
 	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/matrix.DOMAIN-error.log