diff --git a/src/worker/request_handler.c b/src/worker/request_handler.c
index 0c3e2e5..ea5de28 100644
--- a/src/worker/request_handler.c
+++ b/src/worker/request_handler.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static int request_handler(client_ctx_t *ctx) {
 
     err_msg[0] = 0;
 
+    ctx->conf = NULL;
     ctx->file = NULL;
     ctx->proxy = NULL;
     ctx->use_fastcgi = 0;