diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 18647aea6..59d4137d2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -86,10 +86,8 @@ services:
     restart: on-failure
   flower:
     build: .
-    command: celery -A celerywyrm flower --basic_auth=${FLOWER_USER}:${FLOWER_PASSWORD}
+    command: celery -A celerywyrm flower --basic_auth=${FLOWER_USER}:${FLOWER_PASSWORD} --url_prefix=flower
     env_file: .env
-    ports:
-      - ${FLOWER_PORT}:${FLOWER_PORT}
     volumes:
       - .:/app
     networks:
diff --git a/nginx/development b/nginx/development
index 1345051bc..841db0124 100644
--- a/nginx/development
+++ b/nginx/development
@@ -70,4 +70,10 @@ server {
         add_header X-Cache-Status STATIC;
         access_log off;
     }
+
+    # monitor the celery queues with flower, no caching enabled
+    location /flower/ {
+       proxy_pass http://flower:8888;
+       proxy_cache_bypass 1;
+    }
 }