diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.ssl.template b/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.ssl.template
index c2fe889b8..316f93da5 100644
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.ssl.template
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.ssl.template
@@ -136,6 +136,20 @@ server {
         rewrite ^/admin/(.*)$ /$1 break;
         root $PROJECT_ROOT/admin/build/;
         index index.html;
+
+        # caching rules for assets
+        # static assets
+        location ~* \.(?:woff2?|ttf|otf|eot|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|svg|webp|ico)$ {
+            # keep assets for a week
+            add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=604800";
+            try_files $uri =404;
+        }
+        # hashed assets
+        location ~* \.(?:js|css|json)$ {
+            add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
+            try_files $uri =404;
+        }
+
         try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html = 404;
 
         # don't cache index.html
diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.template b/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.template
index 05d5719dd..9b2331fa2 100644
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.template
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf.template
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ server {
             add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
             try_files $uri =404;
         }
-        
+
         try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html = 404;
 
         # don't cache index.html
@@ -121,6 +121,20 @@ server {
         rewrite ^/admin/(.*)$ /$1 break;
         root $PROJECT_ROOT/admin/build/;
         index index.html;
+
+        # caching rules for assets
+        # static assets
+        location ~* \.(?:woff2?|ttf|otf|eot|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|svg|webp|ico)$ {
+            # keep assets for a week
+            add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=604800";
+            try_files $uri =404;
+        }
+        # hashed assets
+        location ~* \.(?:js|css|json)$ {
+            add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
+            try_files $uri =404;
+        }
+
         try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html = 404;
 
         # don't cache index.html