diff --git a/banmarchive/settings/base.py b/banmarchive/settings/base.py
index c0613d4..36a71ab 100644
--- a/banmarchive/settings/base.py
+++ b/banmarchive/settings/base.py
@@ -62,14 +62,15 @@
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
-    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
-
+    
     'wagtail.contrib.redirects.middleware.RedirectMiddleware',
     'banmarchive.middleware.canonical_host_redirect',
 ]
diff --git a/banmarchive/settings/production.py b/banmarchive/settings/production.py
index 0eed8f6..a6e22b3 100644
--- a/banmarchive/settings/production.py
+++ b/banmarchive/settings/production.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 from .base import *
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
+
 DEBUG = False
 SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY')
 BASE_URL = re.sub(r'/$', '', os.getenv('BASE_URL', ''))