diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index a3c540c..305df2f 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -1,32 +1,24 @@
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
-    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
-        Options -MultiViews -Indexes
-    </IfModule>
-
+    Options -MultiViews -Indexes
     RewriteEngine On
 
-    # Preserve Authorization header for API/auth
-    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
-    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
 
-    # Redirect any requests for /home/... static files into the public/home folder
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/public/
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/home/.*\.(css|js|png|jpe?g|gif|svg|ico|woff2?|ttf|eot|otf|webp)$ [NC]
-    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
+    RewriteRule ^home/(.+\.(?:css|js|png|jpe?g|gif|svg|ico|woff2?|ttf|eot|otf|webp))$ public/home/$1 [L]
+
 
-    # Serve existing files and directories directly
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
     RewriteRule ^ - [L]
 
-    # Remove trailing slashes for non-directories
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
-    RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]
 
-    # All other requests go to Laravel's front controller
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+    RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ /$1 [R=301,L]
+
+
     RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
 </IfModule>
 
-<FilesMatch "\.(php4|php5|php3|php2|php|phtml)$">
+<FilesMatch "\.php$">
+    # ensure LSAPI for PHP
     SetHandler application/x-lsphp81
 </FilesMatch>
diff --git a/public/.htaccess b/public/.htaccess
index a3c540c..df2d8fd 100644
--- a/public/.htaccess
+++ b/public/.htaccess
@@ -1,32 +1,15 @@
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
-    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
-        Options -MultiViews -Indexes
-    </IfModule>
-
+    Options -MultiViews -Indexes
     RewriteEngine On
 
-    # Preserve Authorization header for API/auth
-    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
-    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
-
-    # Redirect any requests for /home/... static files into the public/home folder
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/public/
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/home/.*\.(css|js|png|jpe?g|gif|svg|ico|woff2?|ttf|eot|otf|webp)$ [NC]
-    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
-
-    # Serve existing files and directories directly
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
-    RewriteRule ^ - [L]
-
-    # Remove trailing slashes for non-directories
+    # If the file or folder exists, serve it
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
-    RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]
 
-    # All other requests go to Laravel's front controller
+    # Otherwise rewrite to index.php
     RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
 </IfModule>
 
-<FilesMatch "\.(php4|php5|php3|php2|php|phtml)$">
+<FilesMatch "\.php$">
     SetHandler application/x-lsphp81
 </FilesMatch>