If it works... Keep it!

Nginx working conf

upstream app_server {
    server 127.0.0.1:9000 fail_timeout=0;
}

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;

    # root /usr/share/nginx/html;
    root /home/portfolio;
    index index.html index.htm;

    client_max_body_size 4G;
    server_name khophi.co www.khophi.co;

    error_log /home/nginx/nginx_error.log warn;
    keepalive_timeout 5;

    # Your Django project's media files - amend as required
    location /media  {
        alias /home/portfolio/media;
    }

    # your Django project's static files - amend as required
    location /static {
    #   alias /home/django/django_project/django_project/static;
        alias /home/portfolio/static;
    }

    location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|css|js)$ {
        expires 30d;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_redirect off;
        proxy_pass http://app_server;
    }

    gzip on;
    gzip_disable "msie6";
    gzip_comp_level 6;
    gzip_min_length 1100;
    gzip_buffers 16 8k;
    gzip_proxied any;
    gzip_types text/plain aplication/xml text/css tex/js text/xml application/x-javascript text/javascript application/javascript application/json app$

}