diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
deleted file mode 100644
index fd53893..0000000
--- a/.htaccess
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-# Enable GZIP Compression
-<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
-    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript
-    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript application/x-javascript application/json
-    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml application/xhtml+xml
-    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
-    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/woff font/woff2 application/font-woff application/font-woff2
-</IfModule>
-
-# Browser Caching - Static Assets
-<IfModule mod_expires.c>
-    ExpiresActive On
-
-    # Images (1 year)
-    ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
-    ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
-    ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
-    ExpiresByType image/webp "access plus 1 year"
-    ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 year"
-    ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
-
-    # Fonts (1 year)
-    ExpiresByType font/woff "access plus 1 year"
-    ExpiresByType font/woff2 "access plus 1 year"
-    ExpiresByType application/font-woff "access plus 1 year"
-    ExpiresByType application/font-woff2 "access plus 1 year"
-    ExpiresByType font/ttf "access plus 1 year"
-    ExpiresByType font/otf "access plus 1 year"
-
-    # CSS & JavaScript (1 month)
-    ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
-    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 month"
-    ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 month"
-
-    # HTML (1 hour)
-    ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 hour"
-</IfModule>
-
-# Cache-Control Headers
-<IfModule mod_headers.c>
-    # CSS & JS - 1 month
-    <FilesMatch "\.(css|js)$">
-        Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=2592000, immutable"
-    </FilesMatch>
-
-    # Images - 1 year
-    <FilesMatch "\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|webp|svg|ico)$">
-        Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable"
-    </FilesMatch>
-
-    # Fonts - 1 year
-    <FilesMatch "\.(woff|woff2|ttf|otf|eot)$">
-        Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable"
-    </FilesMatch>
-
-    # HTML - no-cache (always check for updates)
-    <FilesMatch "\.(html|htm)$">
-        Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600, must-revalidate"
-    </FilesMatch>
-</IfModule>
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bee9f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name localhost;
+    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+    index index.html;
+
+    # GZIP Compression
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_vary on;
+    gzip_proxied any;
+    gzip_comp_level 6;
+    gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml application/json application/javascript application/rss+xml application/atom+xml image/svg+xml font/woff2;
+
+    # Browser Caching
+    location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|webp|svg|ico|cur|gz|svgz|mp4|ogg|ogv|webm|htc)$ {
+        expires 1y;
+        access_log off;
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
+    }
+
+    location ~* \.(css|js)$ {
+        expires 1M;
+        access_log off;
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=2592000, immutable";
+    }
+
+    location ~* \.(woff|woff2|ttf|otf|eot)$ {
+        expires 1y;
+        access_log off;
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
+    }
+
+    # HTML - No cache
+    location ~* \.(html|htm)$ {
+        expires 1h;
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600, must-revalidate";
+    }
+
+    error_page 404 /404.html;
+    location = /404.html {
+        internal;
+    }
+}