diff --git a/mode/nginx/nginx.js b/mode/nginx/nginx.js
index 135b9cc7f81223e0161c48e1cf939e730583bbe2..00a32249222a03c008fbb5e266e9cb329772aa35 100644
--- a/mode/nginx/nginx.js
+++ b/mode/nginx/nginx.js
@@ -173,6 +173,6 @@ CodeMirror.defineMode("nginx", function(config) {
   };
 });
 
-CodeMirror.defineMIME("text/nginx", "text/x-nginx-conf");
+CodeMirror.defineMIME("text/x-nginx-conf", "nginx");
 
 });