This should work

nginx.conf

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ http {
     server {
         listen 80;
         location / {
-            proxy_intercept_errors on;
-            error_page 400 500 404 /;
+                root   /usr/share/nginx/html; # for whatever reason, this needs to be decleared on my vps.
+                index  index.html index.htm;
         }
     }
     include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;