diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 8a9b85e..2f58703 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ name = "pypi"
 Django = "~=3.2"
 psycopg2-binary = "~=2.8.6"
 social-auth-app-django = "~=4.0.0"
+gunicorn = "*"
+whitenoise = "*"
diff --git a/hunt/settings/__init__.py b/hunt/settings/__init__.py
index 0cecf30..7077fa6 100644
--- a/hunt/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/hunt/settings/__init__.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -166,6 +167,9 @@ STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "serve"
 STATICFILES_DIRS = [
     BASE_DIR / "static",
 ]
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
+
+
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field