diff --git a/config/nginx.conf.erb b/config/nginx.conf.erb
index 1067911f9f4..3435fc6dc4a 100644
--- a/config/nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/config/nginx.conf.erb
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ http {
 
 	upstream app_server {
 		server localhost:8888 fail_timeout=0;
- 	}
+	}
 
 	server {
 		listen <%= ENV["PORT"] %>;
@@ -130,15 +130,33 @@ http {
 			rewrite ^ https://$host$request_uri? permanent;
 		}
 
-		location / {
-			proxy_pass http://app_server;
-		}
-
-		<% if ENV['USE_FASTBOOT'] %>
-		# Just in case, only forward "/policies" to Ember for a moment
-		location = /policies {
-			proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
-		}
+		<% if ENV['USE_FASTBOOT'] == "staging-experimental" %>
+			# Experimentally send all non-backend requests to FastBoot
+
+			location /api/ {
+				proxy_pass http://app_server;
+			}
+
+			# FastBoot
+			location / {
+				proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
+			}
+		<% elsif ['USE_FASTBOOT'] %>
+			# Fastboot is enabled only for allowed paths
+
+			location = /policies {
+				proxy_pass http://localhost:9000;
+			}
+
+			location / {
+				proxy_pass http://app_server;
+			}
+		<% else %>
+			# FastBoot is disabled, backend sends the static Ember index HTML for non-backend paths
+
+			location / {
+				proxy_pass http://app_server;
+			}
 		<% end %>
 
 		location ~ ^/api/v./crates/new$ {
diff --git a/script/start-web.sh b/script/start-web.sh
index 47317d0867c..dce52263cd1 100755
--- a/script/start-web.sh
+++ b/script/start-web.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 set -ue
 
-if [[ "${USE_FASTBOOT:-0}" = 1 ]]; then
-    export USE_FASTBOOT=1
+if [[ -z "${USE_FASTBOOT}" ]]; then
+    unset USE_FASTBOOT
+    bin/start-nginx ./target/release/server
+else
+    export USE_FASTBOOT
     node --optimize_for_size --max_old_space_size=200 fastboot.js &
     bin/start-nginx ./target/release/server &
     wait -n
-else
-    unset USE_FASTBOOT
-    bin/start-nginx ./target/release/server
 fi