diff --git a/grafana/nginx.conf b/grafana/nginx.conf
index 73f2279..8135c83 100644
--- a/grafana/nginx.conf
+++ b/grafana/nginx.conf
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ server {
 	# required to avoid HTTP 411: see Issue #1486 (https://github.com/dotcloud/docker/issues/1486)
 	chunked_transfer_encoding on;
 
+	location = /api/live/ws {
+		access_log off;
+
+		proxy_pass http://grafana:3000;
+		proxy_set_header Host $host;
+		proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+		proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+		proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+	}
+
 	location / {
 		proxy_pass http://grafana:3000;
 		proxy_set_header Host $host;
diff --git a/hedgedoc/nginx.conf b/hedgedoc/nginx.conf
index fe92826..bdd0446 100644
--- a/hedgedoc/nginx.conf
+++ b/hedgedoc/nginx.conf
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ server {
 
 	# websocket traffic with extra headers for upgrading the connection
         location /socket.io/ {
+		access_log off;
                 proxy_pass http://hedgedoc:3000;
                 proxy_set_header Host $host; 
                 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; 
diff --git a/matrix/nginx.conf b/matrix/nginx.conf
index 24c1bb3..0cacf27 100644
--- a/matrix/nginx.conf
+++ b/matrix/nginx.conf
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ server {
 		# Nginx by default only allows file uploads up to 1M in size
 		# Increase client_max_body_size to match max_upload_size defined in homeserver.yaml
 		client_max_body_size 50M;
+
+		# since this is hitting a few hz sometimes, turn it off
+		access_log off;
 	}
 
 	# serve the static content for the well known files