diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index ad162d0..9736996 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ django = ">=2.0"
 "psycopg2" = "*"
 gunicorn = "*"
 dj-database-url = "*"
+whitenoise = "*"
 
 
 [dev-packages]
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 5e7898a..494a4f6 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "9fb9e609349b328fe1246414709266a39ab7efd41ba133bfda4076c00b39c133"
+            "sha256": "5da72a6548823b17ea8716c4c617ea7b612285f4c830b6950bf59edba6e1b005"
         },
         "host-environment-markers": {
             "implementation_name": "cpython",
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@
                 "sha256:fae4cffc040921b8a2d60c6cf0b5d662c1190fe54d718271db4eb17d44a185b7"
             ],
             "version": "==2017.3"
+        },
+        "whitenoise": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:15f43b2e701821b95c9016cf469d29e2a546cb1c7dead584ba82c36f843995cf",
+                "sha256:9d81515f2b5b27051910996e1e860b1332e354d9e7bcf30c98f21dcb6713e0dd"
+            ],
+            "version": "==3.3.1"
         }
     },
     "develop": {}
diff --git a/richtext/settings.py b/richtext/settings.py
index 00c03f5..89b6d40 100644
--- a/richtext/settings.py
+++ b/richtext/settings.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/settings/
 """
 
 import os
+import dj_database_url
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
+	# Simplified static file serving.
+    # https://warehouse.python.org/project/whitenoise/
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
@@ -114,4 +118,19 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/howto/static-files/
 
+PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/howto/static-files/
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'staticfiles')
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+
+# Extra places for collectstatic to find static files.
+STATICFILES_DIRS = (
+    os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static'),
+)
+
+# Simplified static file serving.
+# https://warehouse.python.org/project/whitenoise/
+
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'