diff --git a/httpd.conf b/httpd.conf
index 11190d72b8020e5350d3c689dfcd976c4592af9b..ae0108b44a5cfce43f416cf0b7ac636a98d0d965 100644
--- a/httpd.conf
+++ b/httpd.conf
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ DocumentRoot "/usr/local/apache2/htdocs"
 # is requested.
 #
 <IfModule dir_module>
-    DirectoryIndex index.html
+    DirectoryIndex index.shtml
 </IfModule>
 
 #
@@ -551,4 +551,4 @@ SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
 
 ProxyPreserveHost On
 ProxyPass /lexp/ http://lexpservice:80/lex/
-ProxyPassReverse /lexp/ http://lexpservice:80/lex/
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+ProxyPassReverse /lexp/ http://lexpservice:80/lex/