diff --git a/config/settings.py b/config/settings.py
index c66566c..3aa0e0e 100644
--- a/config/settings.py
+++ b/config/settings.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
@@ -109,6 +110,13 @@ USE_I18N = True
 USE_TZ = True
 
 STATIC_URL = "static/"
+
+STORAGES = {
+    "default": {"BACKEND": "django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage"},
+    "staticfiles": {
+        "BACKEND": "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage",
+    },
+}
 STATICFILES_DIRS = [BASE_DIR / "static"]
 STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 144a429..43ec458 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ Django>=5.0,<6.0
 django-axes>=8.3.1
 python-dotenv>=1.0
 gunicorn>=22.0
-
+whitenoise>=6.6