diff --git a/ippisite/ippisite/settings.py b/ippisite/ippisite/settings.py
index d2d9b930b809667cbdbceb6962e9afd574948f7a..00ae82933f2c8ad674af4e7a2c2e83066abeab54 100644
--- a/ippisite/ippisite/settings.py
+++ b/ippisite/ippisite/settings.py
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ USE_TZ = True
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static_root')
+
 # required to use django-extensions to draw database diagram
 # to do so type
 #$ ./manage.py graph_models -a > db.dot