diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-httpd/nginx/files/nginx.conf b/meta-ibm/recipes-httpd/nginx/files/nginx.conf
index 516973c..d788fd2 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/recipes-httpd/nginx/files/nginx.conf
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-httpd/nginx/files/nginx.conf
@@ -42,8 +42,16 @@
     client_header_buffer_size 1k;
     large_client_header_buffers 4 8k;
 
+    # redirect all http traffic to https
     server {
-        listen       8081 ssl;
+        listen 80 default_server;
+        listen [::]:80 default_server;
+        server_name _;
+        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+    }
+
+    server {
+        listen       443 ssl;
         server_name  127.0.0.1;
 
         ssl                  on;
@@ -61,7 +69,7 @@
                 # is not listening on. This generates an error msg to
                 # the journal. Nginx then uses the 127.0.0.1 and everything
                 # works fine but want to avoid the error msg to the log.
-                proxy_pass https://127.0.0.1:443/;
+                proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8081/;
         }
         location ~ (/org/openbmc/control/flash/bmc/action/update|/upload/image|/download/dump) {
                  # Marked as 32MB to allow for firmware image updating and dump
@@ -71,7 +79,7 @@
                  # Only 1 connection at a time here from an IP
                  limit_conn addr 1;
 
-                 proxy_pass https://127.0.0.1:443;
+                 proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8081;
         }
 
         include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/443_*.conf;
diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-httpd/nginx/files/nginx.service b/meta-ibm/recipes-httpd/nginx/files/nginx.service
index 5873491..3f9dd3d 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/recipes-httpd/nginx/files/nginx.service
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-httpd/nginx/files/nginx.service
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
+SyslogIdentifier=nginx
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/env gen-cert.sh
 ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/env mkdir /var/volatile/nginx/
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/env nginx -t -p /var/volatile/nginx
@@ -11,6 +12,9 @@
 ExecReload=/usr/bin/env kill -s HUP $MAINPID
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/env kill -s QUIT $MAINPID
 PrivateTmp=true
+# First time on system takes longer for initial setup so
+# give double normal timeout
+TimeoutStartSec=180
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy={SYSTEMD_DEFAULT_TARGET}
diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.bbappend b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dd263b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+SUMMARY = "Modifications to support Nginx"
+
+# override service and socket file to use nginx
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.service b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b4e77f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Phosphor REST Server
+After=network.target
+After=obmc-webserver-pre.target
+
+[Service]
+Restart=always
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/env phosphor-gevent $APPLICATION --no-ssl
+SyslogIdentifier=phosphor-gevent
+Environment="PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1"
+EnvironmentFile={envfiledir}/obmc/wsgi_app
diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.socket b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.socket
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7fde31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.socket
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Phosphor Webserver socket
+
+[Socket]
+ListenStream=127.0.0.1:8081
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sockets.target