reverse proxy basex behind nginx

Hello List

I have basex 7.7 beta running in http server mode with httplocal = false.

Access and searches either with the client direct to the BaseX server, or via restxq called directly on the server are a few tens of milliseconds.

I have the BaseX httpserver accessible to the external network through a nginx reverse proxy. traceroute shows that a call gets to the machine in about 120ms. However, access and searches of the Basex database from the network are in the order of tens of seconds.

I would appreciate details of more successful proxying, and also any hints on the nginx - basex coupling.

Many thanks

Peter