diff --git a/dpdapisite/settings.py b/dpdapisite/settings.py
index 3149247..c4d1ff4 100644
--- a/dpdapisite/settings.py
+++ b/dpdapisite/settings.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS += [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
@@ -99,6 +100,11 @@ STATIC_URL = "/static/"
 
 # Postfix and Dovecot read these tables directly; keep the existing integer id columns.
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.AutoField"
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "static"
+STORAGES = {
+    "default": {"BACKEND": "django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage"},
+    "staticfiles": {"BACKEND": "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"},
+}
 
 
 LOGGING = {