diff --git a/config/hosts/public-web-static/nginx.nix b/config/hosts/public-web-static/nginx.nix
index 2e94ebf..898df39 100644
--- a/config/hosts/public-web-static/nginx.nix
+++ b/config/hosts/public-web-static/nginx.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     appendHttpConfig = ''
       access_log off;
 
-      # load the DI-Day redirect map from the webroot
+      # load the DID redirect map from the webroot
       map $request_uri $did_redirect_target {
         include /var/www/diday.org/nginx-redirects.conf;
       }
diff --git a/config/hosts/public-web-static/secrets.yaml b/config/hosts/public-web-static/secrets.yaml
index e8080d8..e1f1a5b 100644
--- a/config/hosts/public-web-static/secrets.yaml
+++ b/config/hosts/public-web-static/secrets.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 spaceapid_config_ccchh_credentials: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:5IClrKKMO/AztQuGabrnoRFItYNeEmVWGeafomVO94pL1RKzL1sCxBxnmzvJFPb/8Y+6FXMh+Mim4DP8B2RaJMLpmqCv+76N/5+527SZ6gn9i2Klg6q0kD9RzJv40qHq/NYLCa24tpcZDt7eB0EOgqLsKUmtX2LrQjjnN3NzjAevJGKQ5ypnb7xygjft2KrpvlR1hMnZ0XpSLDTNR1AmImxE24JtDaJKzwXbptr2IZvm1UFkNslxdqHPjN+N8+MSSLhqHy/FdcY2ADvsTX1jtjnjkb+9E30QOeCiFPKSmWtSGiQ9sPcQna1yr717Vk0EiNSAWDQ2fMZyJUgBXG6w3wiZbxfJmxvshLPs5KguF9NHER+Seps1QiE0p16c0IS/0Y24UYrK2GyUIcSReGufjxUFGTJHFSsNANac34H/RTs7BkoZ,iv:8WzTRaXVeH5GKmigMVTLVBnhy6nXZnTZHLAYHcqDs2s=,tag:jTdgz0gmruMWWDBQ3h70vw==,type:str]
 staging.diday.org:
-  lego.env: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:PCah9T6gKMADx47bhT5fTcylnKjC8ZDjZl4E4FJRa1zUmihLe8hj65w=,iv:IrIgBPHvaQx2bjrUapzmcsMoQ+Md4edsJQmL+ykJddE=,tag:SV8igeQ2/o7V3oJUdYMc2Q==,type:str]
+  lego.env: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:FHCHBrjapNGSAtUnDTMZfeAZJqZV65d8COBJF8lzZmNBiw0jXyrmJ6rnUbYmnPN54T+1e8V0dzkdqmYX708tpFWagOPPQ9Ko+D+lV5yJ4hj/lhunuPSetWC/5dGBfN6CbA==,iv:WZ8CWu40ToF2mbpSUR6pDdUa6jcWPIUsWhVaGGBwx1E=,tag:8CohD3CwcUm2LzAJ8Lfimg==,type:str]
 sops:
   age:
     - recipient: age19h7xtfmt3py3ydgl8d8fgh8uakxqxjr74flrxev3pgmvvx94kvtq5d932d
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ sops:
         ZE9rN3R4aHRXR0dBc2oxcEYrL1lxZncKuVocF84+ge1gyzfNjIxhwNgd8+kJIpxh
         yREbS2mrQ2zvSMtw9OoA0KJSpoHZfIiCwn2uYkQDPiGB/721JmA12Q==
         -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
-  lastmodified: "2026-02-27T19:45:05Z"
-  mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:7tjKwRlcOHEg+CU5BP20gzjLK2YFTDtoHmQlsQsiy4JjRNIeVDWtzTnwsMwQ9KuDaGaJqL8Tgmu7nUZyDPS44G58by19oLIRRFj1emaNUigJQGCqNM5zKA9wF7OZKpnK0y3adu7ydNrtoBvw//9vWPZ0WMUwJXHNsyKMOHs36Yo=,iv:kIaDPhrbDMogNAgOVYvyDeAgc/FmzwHANoB+O9WGuV0=,tag:J3jejVDNGLquiiBkNiHbtQ==,type:str]
+  lastmodified: "2026-02-27T20:40:06Z"
+  mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:Nsburro0nSV8CLZsxLaFrwsE5EIz8qQOlclNynbRT03XkfaPN2Pup8UWg9QL34KGcGUweqtytxZvLWjwfJYEsIkLqi4ZfrpXpEfBowq5aNbWHzDJDW5QqZKaUPmMQxiPVm1EhXmyvfVdFEueOhfFLbuNUSvNWaFk/7l2utTeLrs=,iv:dSJDVYGdaunvRqj+EkPGy3qxR9suV0s2Mm26silX24M=,tag:hqA+4FpP2PwatRMnZUcUqw==,type:str]
   pgp:
     - created_at: "2026-02-17T22:22:02Z"
       enc: |-
diff --git a/config/hosts/public-web-static/virtualHosts/staging.diday.org.nix b/config/hosts/public-web-static/virtualHosts/staging.diday.org.nix
index 35a301d..b165348 100644
--- a/config/hosts/public-web-static/virtualHosts/staging.diday.org.nix
+++ b/config/hosts/public-web-static/virtualHosts/staging.diday.org.nix
@@ -7,15 +7,16 @@ let
 in
 {
   security.acme.certs."${domain}" = {
-    domain = "*.diday.org";
+    domain = "staging.diday.org";
+    extraDomainNames = [ "*.staging.diday.org" ];
     group = "nginx";
-    server = "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory";
+    dnsResolver = "45.54.76.1:53";
     dnsProvider = "desec";
     environmentFile = config.sops.secrets."staging.diday.org/lego.env".path;
   };
 
   services.nginx.virtualHosts = {
-    "${domain}" = {
+    "*.${domain}" = {
       useACMEHost = "${domain}";
       forceSSL = true;
 
@@ -41,10 +42,33 @@ in
         # Then tell the realip_module to get the addreses from the proxy protocol
         # header.
         real_ip_header proxy_protocol;
+        port_in_redirect off;
 
         error_page 404 /404.html;
 
-        port_in_redirect off;
+        location / {
+          if ($host ~* "^(pr\d+)\.staging\.diday\.org$") {
+            root /var/www/staging.diday.org/$1/;
+          }
+
+          index index.html;
+          try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
+
+          # deny access to the redirects config file
+          location = /nginx-redirects.conf {
+            deny all;
+            return 404;
+          }
+
+          # dynamically redirect the user to the language they prefer
+          location = / {
+            set $lang "de";
+            if ($http_accept_language ~* "^en") {
+              set $lang "en";
+            }
+            return 302 /$lang/;
+          }
+        }
       '';
     };
   };