diff --git a/conservancy/settings/base.py b/conservancy/settings/base.py
index 22ebd15079b4c7b4d15995b409084de210acc215..0ed97181283e062de13cc4f510c59285eafa77bf 100644
--- a/conservancy/settings/base.py
+++ b/conservancy/settings/base.py
@@ -123,12 +123,20 @@ TIME_ZONE = 'America/New_York'
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 USE_TZ = False
 
+STORAGES = {
+    'default': {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage',
+    },
+    'staticfiles': {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.ManifestStaticFilesStorage',
+    },
+}
+
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR.parent / 'collected_static'
 STATICFILES_DIRS = [
     BASE_DIR / 'static',
 ]
-STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.ManifestStaticFilesStorage'
 
 MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR.parent / 'media'
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'