diff --git a/munkiwebadmin/settings.py b/munkiwebadmin/settings.py
index 42e506f..79f7ee9 100755
--- a/munkiwebadmin/settings.py
+++ b/munkiwebadmin/settings.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
@@ -239,7 +240,8 @@
     }
 }
 
-# needed by django-wsgiserver when using staticserve=collectstatic
+
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
 STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'staticfiles')
 # Additional locations of static files
 STATICFILES_DIRS = (
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4b79ea3..8a49d4c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 django==4.2.13
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
 gunicorn==22.0.0
-mysqlclient==2.2.4
 django-cors-headers==4.3.1
 requests==2.32.3
 djangorestframework==3.15.1
@@ -9,4 +8,5 @@ django-auth-adfs==1.14.0
 setuptools==70.0.0
 python-ldap==3.4.4
 django-auth-ldap==4.8.0
-azure-storage-blob==12.20.0
\ No newline at end of file
+azure-storage-blob==12.20.0
+whitenoise==6.7.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements_azure.txt b/requirements_azure.txt
index 51b3d37..b44ee88 100644
--- a/requirements_azure.txt
+++ b/requirements_azure.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ requests==2.32.3
 djangorestframework==3.15.1
 django-auth-adfs==1.14.0
 setuptools==70.0.0
-azure-storage-blob==12.20.0
\ No newline at end of file
+azure-storage-blob==12.20.0
+whitenoise==6.7.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements_docker.txt b/requirements_docker.txt
index 4b79ea3..b87b123 100644
--- a/requirements_docker.txt
+++ b/requirements_docker.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ django-auth-adfs==1.14.0
 setuptools==70.0.0
 python-ldap==3.4.4
 django-auth-ldap==4.8.0
-azure-storage-blob==12.20.0
\ No newline at end of file
+azure-storage-blob==12.20.0
+whitenoise==6.7.0
\ No newline at end of file