diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7e703fe..a0c26cd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ FROM python:alpine
 ADD requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
 RUN apk update \
     && apk add --virtual build-deps gcc python3-dev musl-dev \
-    && apk add --no-cache mariadb-dev \
+    && apk add --no-cache mariadb-dev jpeg-dev zlib-dev libpng-dev \
     && pip install --no-cache-dir -r /app/requirements.txt \
-    && apk add  --no-cache mariadb-connector-c \
     && apk del build-deps
 ADD . /app
 WORKDIR /app
 
+RUN python manage.py collectstatic
+
 EXPOSE 8000
 
 ENV DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=altessimo.production
diff --git a/altessimo/settings.py b/altessimo/settings.py
index 320e65e..3dc4b61 100644
--- a/altessimo/settings.py
+++ b/altessimo/settings.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4356d20..7a1f604 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 Django>=3.0,<4.0
 mysqlclient
 gunicorn
+whitenoise
+Pillow