diff --git a/config/nginx.background.conf b/config/nginx.background.conf
index f89747207..f69287fd1 100644
--- a/config/nginx.background.conf
+++ b/config/nginx.background.conf
@@ -82,5 +82,23 @@ http {
 
       proxy_pass http://validator_service:4567/;
     }
+
+# To enable the HL7 Validator Wrapper, both the section below and
+# the section in docker-compose.background.yml need to be uncommented
+#    location /hl7validatorapi/ {
+#      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+#      proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+#      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+#      proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port $server_port;
+#      proxy_redirect off;
+#      proxy_set_header Connection '';
+#      proxy_http_version 1.1;
+#      chunked_transfer_encoding off;
+#      proxy_buffering off;
+#      proxy_cache off;
+#      proxy_read_timeout 600s;
+#
+#      proxy_pass http://hl7_validator_service:3500/;
+#    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/docker-compose.background.yml b/docker-compose.background.yml
index 5647e552e..c03de0b16 100644
--- a/docker-compose.background.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.background.yml
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./data/redis:/data
     command: redis-server --appendonly yes
+  # To enable the HL7 Validator Wrapper, both the section below and
+  # the section in nginx.background.conf need to be uncommented
   # hl7_validator_service:
   #   image: markiantorno/validator-wrapper
   #   # Update this path to match your directory structure
   #   volumes:
-  #     - ./igs:/home/igs
-  #   ports:
-  #     - "3500:3500"
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+  #     - ./igs:/home/igs
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