diff --git a/src/djinit/templates/config/settings/base.py-tpl b/src/djinit/templates/config/settings/base.py-tpl
index ccdb901..1e0c491 100644
--- a/src/djinit/templates/config/settings/base.py-tpl
+++ b/src/djinit/templates/config/settings/base.py-tpl
@@ -112,7 +112,14 @@ STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
 MEDIA_URL = "media/"
 MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "media"
 
-STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
+STORAGES = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage",
+    },
+    "staticfiles": {
+        "BACKEND": "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage",
+    },
+}
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"