diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index 98f0e84..21e748d 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ init_diagram: |
   "budge:latest" <- Base Images
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - {date: "08.02.26:", desc: "Existing users should update: site-confs/default.conf - Deny access to all dotfiles."}
   - {date: "06.06.24:", desc: "Rebase to Alpine 3.20. Existing users should update their nginx confs to avoid http2 deprecation warnings."}
   - {date: "06.03.24:", desc: "Existing users should update: site-confs/default.conf - Cleanup default site conf."}
   - {date: "06.03.24:", desc: "Rebase to Alpine 3.19 with php 8.3."}
diff --git a/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample b/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
index 098bab0..9add284 100644
--- a/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
+++ b/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-## Version 2024/07/16 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-budge/commits/main/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
+## Version 2026/02/08 - Changelog: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-budge/commits/main/root/defaults/nginx/site-confs/default.conf.sample
 
 server {
     listen 80 default_server;
     listen [::]:80 default_server;
     listen 443 ssl default_server;
     listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
+    listen 443 quic reuseport default_server;
+    listen [::]:443 quic reuseport default_server;
 
     server_name _;
 
@@ -22,13 +24,21 @@ server {
     }
 
     location /api/ {
-        rewrite /foo/(.*) /$1  break;
+        rewrite /foo/(.*) /$1 break;
         proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
         proxy_pass http://localhost:5000/;
     }
 
-    # deny access to .htaccess/.htpasswd files
-    location ~ /\.ht {
+    # deny access to all dotfiles
+    location ~ /\. {
         deny all;
+        log_not_found off;
+        access_log off;
+        return 404;
+    }
+
+    # Allow access to the ".well-known" directory
+    location ^~ /.well-known {
+        allow all;
     }
 }