diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 4770b92..5be342a 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ http {
             try_files $uri /index.html;
         }
 
+        # Static public files (favicon, images, manifest, fonts)
+        location ~* \.(png|jpe?g|gif|ico|svg|webp|avif|webmanifest|eot|ttf|woff2?|otf)$ {
+            root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
+            expires 7d;
+            add_header Cache-Control "public";
+        }
+
         # Catch-all → SSR proxy (unknown paths get a 404 from SSR)
         location / {
             proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3001;