diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
index ce381715..f64ad1d2 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ COMPRESS_STORAGE = "storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage"
 COMPRESS_STORAGE = "storages.backends.gcloud.GoogleCloudStorage"
 {%- elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'AWS' or cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'GCP' %}
 COMPRESS_STORAGE = STATICFILES_STORAGE
+COMPRESS_ROOT = STATIC_ROOT
 {%- elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'None' %}
 COMPRESS_STORAGE = "compressor.storage.GzipCompressorFileStorage"
 {%- endif %}