diff --git a/settings/branson.py b/settings/branson.py
index 51bc88d33491401a0270faad02a8b142e509ef38..1f9a81d18b8eb80753aa8196d47ae523f9f61408 100644
--- a/settings/branson.py
+++ b/settings/branson.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ DATABASES = {
     }
 }
 
+MEDIA_URL = "/branson-static/"
+
 GRACEDB_DATA_DIR = "/home/branson/fake_data"
 
 ALERT_EMAIL_FROM = "Dev Alert <root@moe.phys.uwm.edu>"
diff --git a/static/css/style.css b/static/css/style.css
index 8da6bfa9503c640fb8987077c021348838fe6c9e..6975d8248f58dbc0ed6481498ed172b7db3c2702 100644
--- a/static/css/style.css
+++ b/static/css/style.css
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ table.figures {width:300px;height:270px;border:1px solid gray;}
 }
 
 .tundra.eventDetail .pmTitlePaneClass .dijitClosed .dijitArrowNode {
-    background-image: url('/gracedb-static/images/plusButton.gif');
+    background-image: url('../images/plusButton.gif');
     background-position: 0px 0px;
 }
 
 .tundra.eventDetail .pmTitlePaneClass .dijitOpen .dijitArrowNode {
-    background-image: url('/gracedb-static/images/minusButton.gif');
+    background-image: url('../images/minusButton.gif');
     background-position: 0px 0px;
 }
 
@@ -315,6 +315,6 @@ span.code {
 thead th a:link, thead th a:visited { color:#666; display:block; }
 table thead th.sorted { background-position:bottom left !important; }
 table thead th.sorted a { padding-right:13px; }
-table thead th.ascending a { background:url(/gracedb-static/images/arrow-down.gif) right .4em no-repeat; }
-table thead th.descending a { background:url(/gracedb-static/images/arrow-up.gif) right .4em no-repeat; }
+table thead th.ascending a { background:url('../images/arrow-down.gif') right .4em no-repeat; }
+table thead th.descending a { background:url('../images/arrow-up.gif') right .4em no-repeat; }
 
diff --git a/templates/admin/base_site.html b/templates/admin/base_site.html
index d531014fe246942a467fbd7f7a98eff14f19897c..d2d77abe3594c9e6f570f13ec2f93f77804eea3b 100644
--- a/templates/admin/base_site.html
+++ b/templates/admin/base_site.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {% load i18n %}
 
 {% block extrastyle %}
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/gracedb-static/css/admin-nav.css" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{MEDIA_URL}}css/admin-nav.css" />
 {% endblock %}
 
 
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index f9eec575d1aba079a5c7d27d8730603ecf10cb99..dc32d8af6cd4cef0992cafe4522edb78067df46b 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
 <head>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/gracedb-static/css/style.css" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{MEDIA_URL}}css/style.css" />
     <title>GraceDb | {% block title %}{% endblock %}</title>
 <!-- START TESTING -->
 <script type="text/javascript">
@@ -68,28 +68,28 @@ function changeTime(obj, label) {
  <table align="center" width="90%%">
   <tr>
    <td align="center">
-    <img width="52" height="36" src="/gracedb-static/images/ligo-blue.gif">
+    <img width="52" height="36" src="{{MEDIA_URL}}images/ligo-blue.gif">
     <!-- 673px 487px -->
    </td>
 
    <td align="center">
-    <img width="164" height="30" src="/gracedb-static/images/Virgo_logo50.png">
+    <img width="164" height="30" src="{{MEDIA_URL}}images/Virgo_logo50.png">
     <!-- 4,829px 884px -->
    </td>
 
    <td align="center">
     {% if ligouser and ligouser.name == "Chad Hanna" %}
-        <img width="194" height="37" src="/gracedb-static/images/PI_Logo-anim.gif">
+        <img width="194" height="37" src="{{MEDIA_URL}}images/PI_Logo-anim.gif">
     {% else %}{% if ligouser and ligouser.name == "Kipp Cannon" %}
-        <img width="194" height="37" src="/gracedb-static/images/CITA_logo-anim.gif">
+        <img width="194" height="37" src="{{MEDIA_URL}}images/CITA_logo-anim.gif">
     {% else %}
-        <img width="107" height="37" src="/gracedb-static/images/anim2.gif">
+        <img width="107" height="37" src="{{MEDIA_URL}}images/anim2.gif">
     {% endif %}{% endif %}
     <!-- 287px 101px -->
    </td>
 
    <td align="center">
-    <img width="87" height="37" src="/gracedb-static/images/LSC_logo50.png">
+    <img width="87" height="37" src="{{MEDIA_URL}}images/LSC_logo50.png">
     <!-- 6,261px 2,652px -->
    </td>
   </tr>
diff --git a/templates/gracedb/event_list.html b/templates/gracedb/event_list.html
index 6fd33e950051dc7453d0f3f598304a6c36822b70..5d654f273b56742d5ec14e6ec1012e8ddbfc49ee 100644
--- a/templates/gracedb/event_list.html
+++ b/templates/gracedb/event_list.html
@@ -8,23 +8,23 @@
 {% block jscript %}
 
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen"
-      href="/gracedb-static/css/jqgrid/theme/jquery-ui.css"/>
+      href="{{MEDIA_URL}}css/jqgrid/theme/jquery-ui.css"/>
 
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen"
-      href="/gracedb-static/css/jqgrid/theme/ui.all.css"/>
+      href="{{MEDIA_URL}}css/jqgrid/theme/ui.all.css"/>
 
 <!--
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen"
-      href="/gracedb-static/css/jqgrid/ui-lightness/jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.css"/>
+      href="{{MEDIA_URL}}css/jqgrid/ui-lightness/jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.css"/>
 -->
 
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen"
-      href="/gracedb-static/css/jqgrid/ui.jqgrid.css"/>
+      href="{{MEDIA_URL}}css/jqgrid/ui.jqgrid.css"/>
 
-<script src="/gracedb-static/js/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
-<script src="/gracedb-static/js/grid.locale-en.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
-<script src="/gracedb-static/js/jquery.jqGrid.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
-<script src="/gracedb-static/js/jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+<script src="{{MEDIA_URL}}js/jquery-1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+<script src="{{MEDIA_URL}}js/grid.locale-en.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+<script src="{{MEDIA_URL}}js/jquery.jqGrid.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+<script src="{{MEDIA_URL}}js/jquery-ui-1.7.2.custom.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 
 
 <script src="{{MEDIA_URL}}js/labeltips.js" type="text/javascript"></script>