diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 29f2506799cfcf91de989c46b0e4706057e95704..028204b2241fdee807d78ffd8b148e4ed83420d4 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ MEDIA_ROOT = ''
 # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
 # trailing slash if there is a path component (optional in other cases).
 # Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com", "http://example.com/media/"
-MEDIA_URL = ''
+MEDIA_URL = '/gracedb-static/'
 
 # URL prefix for admin media -- CSS, JavaScript and images. Make sure to use a
 # trailing slash.
diff --git a/settings_dev.py b/settings_dev.py
index 67ef59ec6e133fc5c722bfbb7ac7072c7006895f..b97c8425433d28377e58e2abdb96b2a05959e667 100644
--- a/settings_dev.py
+++ b/settings_dev.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ MEDIA_ROOT = ''
 # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
 # trailing slash if there is a path component (optional in other cases).
 # Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com", "http://example.com/media/"
-MEDIA_URL = ''
+MEDIA_URL = '/gracedb-static/'
 
 # URL prefix for admin media -- CSS, JavaScript and images. Make sure to use a
 # trailing slash.