diff --git a/bin/apisix b/bin/apisix
index d2d6f90badfb..4d7857ada722 100755
--- a/bin/apisix
+++ b/bin/apisix
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ http {
 
             alias dashboard/;
 
-            try_files $uri $uri/index.html /index.html;
+            try_files $uri $uri/index.html /index.html =404;
         }
 
         location /robots.txt {
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ http {
 
             alias dashboard/;
 
-            try_files $uri $uri/index.html /index.html;
+            try_files $uri $uri/index.html /index.html =404;
         }
         {% end %}