diff --git a/backend/internal/certificate.js b/backend/internal/certificate.js
index 96972fe..661950d 100644
--- a/backend/internal/certificate.js
+++ b/backend/internal/certificate.js
@@ -758,6 +758,7 @@ const internalCertificate = {
 	},
 
 	/**
+	 * Request a certificate using the http challenge
 	 * @param   {Object}  certificate   the certificate row
 	 * @returns {Promise}
 	 */
@@ -768,6 +769,7 @@ const internalCertificate = {
 			'--config "' + letsencryptConfig + '" ' +
 			'--cert-name "npm-' + certificate.id + '" ' +
 			'--agree-tos ' +
+			'--authenticator webroot ' +
 			'--email "' + certificate.meta.letsencrypt_email + '" ' +
 			'--preferred-challenges "dns,http" ' +
 			'--domains "' + certificate.domain_names.join(',') + '" ' +
diff --git a/backend/templates/default.conf b/backend/templates/default.conf
index 7eef11f..5196f28 100644
--- a/backend/templates/default.conf
+++ b/backend/templates/default.conf
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ server {
   error_log /data/logs/default-host_error.log warn;
 {% include "_exploits.conf" %}
 
+  include conf.d/include/letsencrypt-acme-challenge.conf;
+
 {%- if value == "404" %}
   location / {
     return 404;
diff --git a/docker/rootfs/etc/letsencrypt.ini b/docker/rootfs/etc/letsencrypt.ini
index 3565d6e..25c375e 100644
--- a/docker/rootfs/etc/letsencrypt.ini
+++ b/docker/rootfs/etc/letsencrypt.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 text = True
 non-interactive = True
-authenticator = webroot
 webroot-path = /data/letsencrypt-acme-challenge
diff --git a/docker/rootfs/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf b/docker/rootfs/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
index a763498..81d6ae4 100644
--- a/docker/rootfs/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+++ b/docker/rootfs/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ server {
 
 	server_name localhost-nginx-proxy-manager;
 	access_log /data/logs/fallback_access.log standard;
-	error_log /dev/null crit;
+	error_log /data/logs/fallback_error.log warn;
 	include conf.d/include/assets.conf;
 	include conf.d/include/block-exploits.conf;
+	include conf.d/include/letsencrypt-acme-challenge.conf;
 
 	location / {
 		index index.html;