diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/32-nginx_ingress.sh b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/32-nginx_ingress.sh
index 87e19592f..6cd47e4eb 100755
--- a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/32-nginx_ingress.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/32-nginx_ingress.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ declare ingress_port
 ingress_port="$(bashio::addon.ingress_port)"
 ingress_interface="$(bashio::addon.ip_address)"
 ingress_entry="$(bashio::addon.ingress_entry)"
-ingress_entry_modified="$(echo "$ingress_entry" | sed 's/[@_!#$%^&*()<>?/\|}{~:]//g')"
 
 sed -i \
     -e "s|proxy_pass http://api|proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1|g" \
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ sed -i \
     /etc/nginx/servers/ingress.conf
 
 sed -i "s#%%ingress_entry%%#${ingress_entry}#g" /etc/nginx/includes/ingress_params.conf
-sed -i "s#%%ingress_entry_modified%%#/${ingress_entry_modified}#g" /etc/nginx/includes/ingress_params.conf
 
 # Set DNS resolver for internal requests
 sed -i "s/%%dns_host%%/127.0.0.11/g" /etc/nginx/includes/resolver.conf