nginx reverse proxy, single domain, multiple subdirectories - nginx

Having trouble figuring this out.
I have nginx running on home.domain.com.
Within my home network, I have multiple web services that I'd like to access externally through a reverse proxy. No SSL for now, but I'll add that later. I need to set up a reverse proxy on subdirectories of home.domain.com/app{1-3} as I only have a valid cert for home.domain.com.
My current configuration:
server {
listen 80 default;
keepalive_timeout 120;
server_name home.domain.com;
location /app1/ {
proxy_pass http://internalIP1:8081/;
}
location /app2/ {
proxy_pass http://internalIP2:5000/;
}
}
When I try to access home.domain.com/app1, it should redirect to home.domain.com/app1/login/?next=%2F, but instead goes to home.domain.com/login/?next=%2F. This obviously throws a 404, as it's not available on the nginx server.
Thoughts? Suggestions?

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