diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f9ee3f0..0333523 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 __pycache__
 .pytest_cache
 db.sqlite3
+/static
 /node_modules
 /app/static/assets
 /app/static/*.css
diff --git a/config/settings/base.py b/config/settings/base.py
index ee84ef0..8a61890 100644
--- a/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/config/settings/base.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
@@ -113,6 +114,8 @@
 STATIC_URL = "static/"
 STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
 STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "app/static")]
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
+
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 1105405..a25e8ea 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -578,7 +578,21 @@ MarkupSafe = ">=2.1.1"
 [package.extras]
 watchdog = ["watchdog (>=2.3)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "whitenoise"
+version = "6.7.0"
+description = "Radically simplified static file serving for WSGI applications"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "whitenoise-6.7.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a1ae85e01fdc9815d12fa33f17765bc132ed2c54fa76daf9e39e879dd93566f6"},
+    {file = "whitenoise-6.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:58c7a6cd811e275a6c91af22e96e87da0b1109e9a53bb7464116ef4c963bf636"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+brotli = ["brotli"]
+
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "fea5776619c5730000854a6107f3ccfa019e1545b2727acc35da85a3b7b5da47"
+content-hash = "049c3db58c343a320ccc8972bdc159225cf064c0bfda4839143363de442bb7f5"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d5c80bf..9aa7c4b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ tna-frontend-jinja = "0.1.33"
 django = "^5.0.7"
 psycopg2-binary = "^2.9.9"
 django-csp = "^3.8"
+whitenoise = "^6.7.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev]
 optional = true