diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 9eb4ced..9d68821 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ djangorestframework-simplejwt = "*"
 django-cors-headers = "*"
 django-simple-history = "*"
 python-dotenv = "*"
+whitenoise = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]
 autopep8 = "*"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 091fba6..f491f6b 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "adf075ae1c44614e471a3fde436359004437d32d0736e88bc3cfc79f626de919"
+            "sha256": "872795782164fb72a8e9c0a8fb9340dad5b71eb7ff9de455e199e50552c74b12"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -483,6 +483,14 @@
             ],
             "markers": "python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5'",
             "version": "==1.26.14"
+        },
+        "whitenoise": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:599dc6ca57e48929dfeffb2e8e187879bfe2aed0d49ca419577005b7f2cc930b",
+                "sha256:a02d6660ad161ff17e3042653c8e3f5ecbb2a2481a006bde125b9efb9a30113a"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==6.4.0"
         }
     },
     "develop": {
diff --git a/ivy/config/settings.py b/ivy/config/settings.py
index ae62a81..bb13db1 100644
--- a/ivy/config/settings.py
+++ b/ivy/config/settings.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     "corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware",
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29