diff --git a/hosting/envoy.dev.yaml.hbs b/hosting/envoy.dev.yaml.hbs
index cee70dbae5..e61c4e0706 100644
--- a/hosting/envoy.dev.yaml.hbs
+++ b/hosting/envoy.dev.yaml.hbs
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ static_resources:
             - name: local_services
               domains: ["*"]
               routes:
+              # special case to redirect specifically the route path
+              # to the builder, if this were a prefix then it would break minio
+              - match: { path: "/" }
+                redirect: { path_redirect: "/app/" }
+
               - match: { prefix: "/db/" }
                 route:
                   cluster: couchdb-service
@@ -33,15 +38,11 @@ static_resources:
                 route:
                   cluster: server-dev
 
-              - match: { path: "/" }
-                route:
-                  cluster: builder-dev
-
               - match: { prefix: "/app" }
                 route:
                   cluster: builder-dev
                   prefix_rewrite: "/app/"
- 
+
               # minio is on the default route because this works
               # best, minio + AWS SDK doesn't handle path proxy
               - match: { prefix: "/" }