diff --git a/nginx/conf.d/default.conf.template b/nginx/conf.d/default.conf.template
index 6bac68b..aea6657 100644
--- a/nginx/conf.d/default.conf.template
+++ b/nginx/conf.d/default.conf.template
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ server {
     location ~* \.(opus|flac|ogg|mp3|wav|m4a|aac)$ {
 
             # --------- Preflight direkt per IF ---------
-        if ($request_method = "OPTIONS") {
+        if ($request_method = OPTIONS) {
             add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*";
             add_header Access-Control-Allow-Methods "GET, HEAD, OPTIONS";
             add_header Access-Control-Allow-Headers "Content-Type,X-API-Key,Keep-Alive,User-Agent,Cache-Control,Content-Type";
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ server {
         }
 
         # --- Key-Check (nur GET/HEAD) ---
-        if ($request_method != "OPTIONS") {
+        if ($request_method != OPTIONS) {
             if ($http_x_api_key != "${MEDIA_API_KEY}") {
                 return 401;
             }