diff --git a/castellum_core/.gitignore b/castellum_core/.gitignore
index 874dcc6b3497f77ba7f6796f2761495d0e0c783c..2525964517fa16b34b56383a0f4f6b20bb1e01d2 100644
--- a/castellum_core/.gitignore
+++ b/castellum_core/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ castellum_core.egg-info/
 dist/
 htmlcov/
 node_modules/
-collectstatic/
+collected_static/
 
 *.pyc
 *.sqlite3
diff --git a/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/default.py b/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/default.py
index 78c6e8a175996d2a786a07c2188469670498e91f..efee351484f0075bb5ae61c76749e8644ffca7ac 100644
--- a/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/default.py
+++ b/castellum_core/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/default.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ STATICFILES_FINDERS = [
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
-STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'collectstatic')
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'collected_static')
 
 NPM_ROOT_PATH = os.path.dirname(BASE_DIR)
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5acb24b00fed2e96a1f368fa547e72e684fa6896..6e9fc86dd00cd8672eb30ed393dea3ddb5d454af 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ services:
       python3 castellum_core/manage.py collectstatic --no-input &&
       uwsgi uwsgi.ini"
     volumes:
-      - static-content:/code/castellum_core/collectstatic
+      - static-content:/code/castellum_core/collected_static
       - ./stage/settings.py:/code/castellum_core/castellum_core/settings/stage.py
     depends_on:
       - db