diff --git a/deploy/template/nginx_app.conf.sh b/deploy/template/nginx_app.conf.sh
index 0c8ed7fb96..12c4afeb99 100644
--- a/deploy/template/nginx_app.conf.sh
+++ b/deploy/template/nginx_app.conf.sh
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ $NGINX_SSL_CMNT    server_name $custom_domain ;
         root /var/www/certbot;
     }
 
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto \$scheme;
-    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host \$host;
+    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
     
     location / {
-        try_files \$uri /index.html =404;
+        try_files $uri /index.html =404;
 
         sub_filter __APPSMITH_SENTRY_DSN__ '\''${APPSMITH_SENTRY_DSN}'\'';
         sub_filter __APPSMITH_APPSMITH_HOTJAR_HJID__ '\''${APPSMITH_HOTJAR_HJID}'\'';
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ $NGINX_SSL_CMNT
 $NGINX_SSL_CMNT    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf;
 $NGINX_SSL_CMNT    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem;
 $NGINX_SSL_CMNT
-$NGINX_SSL_CMNT    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto \$scheme;
-$NGINX_SSL_CMNT    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host \$host;
+$NGINX_SSL_CMNT    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+$NGINX_SSL_CMNT    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
 $NGINX_SSL_CMNT
 $NGINX_SSL_CMNT    root /var/www/appsmith;
 $NGINX_SSL_CMNT    index index.html index.htm;
 $NGINX_SSL_CMNT
 $NGINX_SSL_CMNT    location / {
-$NGINX_SSL_CMNT        try_files \$uri /index.html =404;
+$NGINX_SSL_CMNT        try_files $uri /index.html =404;
 $NGINX_SSL_CMNT
 $NGINX_SSL_CMNT        sub_filter __APPSMITH_SENTRY_DSN__ '\''${APPSMITH_SENTRY_DSN}'\'';
 $NGINX_SSL_CMNT        sub_filter __APPSMITH_APPSMITH_HOTJAR_HJID__ '\''${APPSMITH_HOTJAR_HJID}'\'';