diff --git a/umbraco-cloud/set-up/project-settings/manage-hostnames/rewrites-on-cloud.md b/umbraco-cloud/set-up/project-settings/manage-hostnames/rewrites-on-cloud.md
index a3fb4e8a6a9..0b698afb83c 100644
--- a/umbraco-cloud/set-up/project-settings/manage-hostnames/rewrites-on-cloud.md
+++ b/umbraco-cloud/set-up/project-settings/manage-hostnames/rewrites-on-cloud.md
@@ -133,11 +133,15 @@ Sometimes, you might experience an issue where a `.azurewebsites.net` link will
 The following redirect is a way to amend the issue where the `.azurewebsites.net` link appears instead of the hostname. It will redirect from the `.azurewebsites.net` link to the hostname of the website, should this link be called instead.
 
 ```xml
-<rule name="Redirect from azurewebsites to custom hostname" stopProcessing="true">
+<rule name="Redirects azurewebsites.net to actual domain" stopProcessing="true">
   <match url=".*" />
   <conditions>
-    <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" negate="true" pattern="\.azurewebsites\.net$" />
+    <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^(.*)?.azurewebsites.net$" />
+    <add input="{REQUEST_URI}" negate="true" pattern="^/umbraco" />
+    <add input="{REQUEST_URI}" negate="true" pattern="^/DependencyHandler.axd" />
+    <add input="{REQUEST_URI}" negate="true" pattern="^/App_Plugins" />
+    <add input="{REQUEST_URI}" negate="true" pattern="localhost" />
   </conditions>
-  <action type="Redirect" url="https://www.mycustomhostname.com/{R:0}" />
+  <action type="Redirect" url="https://www.hostname.com/{R:0}" appendQueryString="true" redirectType="Permanent" />
 </rule>
 ```