diff --git a/app/.htaccess b/app/.htaccess
index b9d0e1016..ec36c63bd 100644
--- a/app/.htaccess
+++ b/app/.htaccess
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
     RewriteEngine on
-    RewriteRule    ^$    webroot/    [B,L]
-    RewriteRule    (.*) webroot/$1    [B,L]
+    RewriteRule    ^$    webroot/    "[B= ,L]"
+    RewriteRule    (.*) webroot/$1    "[B= ,L]"
 </IfModule>
diff --git a/app/webroot/.htaccess b/app/webroot/.htaccess
index 982ecad92..c23955f5d 100644
--- a/app/webroot/.htaccess
+++ b/app/webroot/.htaccess
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     RewriteEngine On
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
-    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [QSA,L,B]
+    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 "[QSA,L,B= ]"
 
     # Adds AUTH support to Rest Plugin:
     RewriteRule .* - [env=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},last]