diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
index 34a93129..8422cd69 100644
--- a/netlify.toml
+++ b/netlify.toml
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@
   status = 200
   force = true
 
+## campaign urls for logging to datad
+[[redirects]]
+  from = "/campaigns/"
+  to = "https://api.shift2bikes.org/api/campaigns"
+  status = 200
+  force = true
+
 ## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ## legacy links
 ## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/services/nginx/conf.d/shift.conf b/services/nginx/conf.d/shift.conf
index da6549ed..91624db7 100644
--- a/services/nginx/conf.d/shift.conf
+++ b/services/nginx/conf.d/shift.conf
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ server {
     # and to be a little forgiving generally.
     client_max_body_size 5250k;
 
+    # -----------------------------------------------
+    # special end point which exists to record into datadog
+    # simply redirects back to the main page
+    # -----------------------------------------------
+
+    location ^~ /api/campaigns {
+        return 301 https://shift2bikes.org/;
+    }
+
     # -----------------------------------------------
     # node endpoints
     # note: these uses "http://node" because the docker containers