I removed the block referrer images section and index line from the config because i thought that might be causing it and it didnt fix it, but it did change the error message logs are showing (i have no idea how to fix this):

2014/01/23 23:39:07 [error] 5372#0: *31 rewrite or internal redirection cycle while internally redirecting to "/index.html", client: x.x.x.x, server: xx.firedaemon.com, request: "GET /icon/other/vv.png HTTP/1.1", host: "xx.firedaemon.com", referrer: "https://xx.firedaemon.com/awstats.pl?config=forums.firedaemon.com&framename=mainright"