diff --git a/hosting/envoy.dev.yaml.hbs b/hosting/envoy.dev.yaml.hbs
index 5816980275..5d4192d232 100644
--- a/hosting/envoy.dev.yaml.hbs
+++ b/hosting/envoy.dev.yaml.hbs
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ static_resources:
             - name: local_services
               domains: ["*"]
               routes:
+              # special case to redirect specifically the route path
+              # to the builder, if this were a prefix then it would break minio
+              - match: { path: "/" }
+                redirect: { path_redirect: "/app/" }
+
               - match: { prefix: "/db/" }
                 route:
                   cluster: couchdb-service
@@ -45,7 +50,7 @@ static_resources:
                 route:
                   cluster: builder-dev
                   prefix_rewrite: "/app/"
- 
+
               # minio is on the default route because this works
               # best, minio + AWS SDK doesn't handle path proxy
               - match: { prefix: "/" }