diff --git a/services/docker-compose.yml b/services/docker-compose.yml
index e78f32d0245..eb25c47afce 100644
--- a/services/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/docker-compose.yml
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ services:
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_legacy_services_catchall.service=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_legacy_services_catchall
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_legacy_services_catchall.priority=1
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_legacy_services_catchall.entrypoints=http
-        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_legacy_services_catchall.rule=(Path(`/x/{node_uuid:\b[0-9a-f]{8}\b-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-\b[0-9a-f]{12}\b}`) || PathPrefix(`/x/{node_uuid:\b[0-9a-f]{8}\b-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-\b[0-9a-f]{12}\b}/`))
+        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_legacy_services_catchall.rule=PathRegexp(`^/x/(?P<node_uuid>\b[0-9a-f]{8}\b-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-\b[0-9a-f]{12}\b)[\/]?`)
         # this tricks traefik into a 502 (bad gateway) since the service does not exist on this port
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_legacy_services_catchall.loadbalancer.server.port=0
         # this tricks traefik into returning a 503 (service unavailable) since the healthcheck will always return false
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ services:
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_modern_services_catchall.priority=3
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_modern_services_catchall.entrypoints=http
         # in theory the pattern should be uuid.services.OSPARC_DOMAIN, but anything could go through.. so let's catch everything
-        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_modern_services_catchall.rule=HostRegexp(`(?P<node_uuid>(?i)[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12})\\.services\\.(?P<host>.+)`)
+        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_modern_services_catchall.rule=HostRegexp(`(?P<node_uuid>\b[0-9a-f]{8}\b-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-\b[0-9a-f]{12}\b)\.services\.(?P<host>.+)`)
         # this tricks traefik into a 502 (bad gateway) since the service does not exist on this port
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_modern_services_catchall.loadbalancer.server.port=0
         # this tricks traefik into returning a 503 (service unavailable) since the healthcheck will always return false
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ services:
         - traefik.http.services.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.secure=true
         - traefik.http.middlewares.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver_retry.retry.attempts=2
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.service=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver
-        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.rule=(Path(`/`) || Path(`/v0`) || Path(`/socket.io/`) || Path(`/static-frontend-data.json`) || Path(`/study/{study_uuid:\b[0-9a-f]{8}\b-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-\b[0-9a-f]{12}\b}`) || Path(`/view`) || Path(`/#/view`) || Path(`/#/error`) || PathPrefix(`/v0/`))
+        - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.rule=(Path(`/`) || Path(`/v0`) || Path(`/socket.io/`) || Path(`/static-frontend-data.json`) || PathRegexp(`^/study/(?P<study_uuid>\b[0-9a-f]{8}\b-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-\b[0-9a-f]{12}\b)`) || Path(`/view`) || Path(`/#/view`) || Path(`/#/error`) || PathPrefix(`/v0/`))
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.entrypoints=http
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.priority=2
         - traefik.http.routers.${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver.middlewares=${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_gzip@swarm, ${SWARM_STACK_NAME_NO_HYPHEN}_sslheader@swarm, ${SWARM_STACK_NAME}_webserver_retry