diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido-federation.conf.template b/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido-federation.conf.template
index 2696a6b7d..2192b7dbb 100644
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido-federation.conf.template
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido-federation.conf.template
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
     location /api/$FEDERATION_APIVERSION {
         proxy_http_version 1.1;
         proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
index a4b990527..e2d3ce8cf 100755
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export BUILD_COMMIT="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
 # Generate gradido.conf from template
 # *** 1st prepare for each apiversion the federation conf for nginx from federation-template
 # *** set FEDERATION_PORT from FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_APIS and create gradido-federation.conf file
+rm $NGINX_CONFIG_DIR/gradido-federation.conf
 echo "================================================================================================"
 IFS="," read -a API_ARRAY <<< $FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_APIS
 for api in "${API_ARRAY[@]}"
@@ -91,8 +92,7 @@ done
 echo "================================================================================================"
 
 # *** 2nd read gradido-federation.conf file in env variable
-FEDERATION_NGINX_CONF < $NGINX_CONFIG_DIR/gradido-federation.conf
-export FEDERATION_NGINX_CONF
+export FEDERATION_NGINX_CONF < $NGINX_CONFIG_DIR/gradido-federation.conf
 echo "FEDERATION_NGINX_CONF=$FEDERATION_NGINX_CONF"
 
 # *** 3rd generate gradido nginx config including federation modules per api-version