diff --git a/ansible/deploy.yaml b/ansible/deploy.yaml
index f943fc800c472398bcaba50c66a0160df2ec68e6..a7b9b33ced94eba8c1c5e73e7b1b5d0ad6ea4e06 100644
--- a/ansible/deploy.yaml
+++ b/ansible/deploy.yaml
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
         BABEL_LIBDIR: "/usr/lib64/openbabel/"
     - name: create mod_wsgi configuration
       django_manage:
-        command: "runmodwsgi --setup-only --port={{ http_port }} --user ippidb --group wheel --server-root={{ service_conf_path }}"
+        command: "runmodwsgi --setup-only --port={{ http_port }} --user ippidb --group wheel --server-root={{ service_conf_path }} --url-alias /media {{ checkout_path }}/ippisite/media"
         app_path: "{{ checkout_path }}/ippisite"
         settings: "ippisite.{{ ansible_hostname }}_settings"
       environment: