diff --git a/.github/FUNDING.yml b/.github/FUNDING.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f4c97f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/FUNDING.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# These are supported funding model platforms
+
+github: # Replace with up to 4 GitHub Sponsors-enabled usernames e.g., [user1, user2]
+patreon: danielroygreenfeld
+open_collective: # Replace with a single Open Collective username
+ko_fi: # Replace with a single Ko-fi username
+tidelift: # Replace with a single Tidelift platform-name/package-name e.g., npm/babel
+community_bridge: # Replace with a single Community Bridge project-name e.g., cloud-foundry
+liberapay: # Replace with a single Liberapay username
+issuehunt: # Replace with a single IssueHunt username
+otechie: # Replace with a single Otechie username
+custom: ['https://www.patreon.com/browniebroke']
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
index 3a9a641b1..1b65a2c80 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
   Bouke Haarsma
   Brent Payne              `@brentpayne`_               @brentpayne
   Burhan Khalid            `@burhan`_                   @burhan
+  Caio Ariede              `@caioariede`_               @caioariede
   Carl Johnson             `@carlmjohnson`_             @carlmjohnson
   Catherine Devlin         `@catherinedevlin`_
   Cédric Gaspoz            `@cgaspoz`_
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
 .. _@c-rhodes: https://github.com/c-rhodes
 .. _@caffodian: https://github.com/caffodian
 .. _@canonnervio: https://github.com/canonnervio
+.. _@caioariede: https://github.com/caioariede
 .. _@carlmjohnson: https://github.com/carlmjohnson
 .. _@catherinedevlin: https://github.com/catherinedevlin
 .. _@ccurvey: https://github.com/ccurvey
diff --git a/hooks/pre_gen_project.py b/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
index 91332f144..7f9bd3eac 100644
--- a/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
@@ -59,3 +59,12 @@ if "{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}".lower() == "n":
                     )
                     + TERMINATOR
                 )
+
+if (
+    "{{ cookiecutter.use_whitenoise }}".lower() == "n"
+    and "{{ cookiecutter.cloud_provider }}" == "None"
+):
+    print(
+        "You should either use Whitenoise or select a Cloud Provider to serve static files"
+    )
+    sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f4d12375d..e9d2afb2f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ flake8==3.7.8
 # Testing
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 tox==3.14.0
-pytest==5.1.2
-pytest_cases==1.11.2
+pytest==5.2.0
+pytest_cases==1.11.3
 pytest-cookies==0.4.0
-pytest-xdist==1.29.0
+pytest-xdist==1.30.0
 pyyaml==5.1.2
diff --git a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
index 77f71df5b..20e4f9ed2 100755
--- a/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
+++ b/tests/test_cookiecutter_generation.py
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ def context_combination(
     cloud_provider,
 ):
     """Fixture that parametrize the function where it's used."""
+    if cloud_provider == "None":
+        # Either of the two should be set for serving static files, so if cloud provider
+        # is not set, we force Whitenoise to be set
+        use_whitenoise = "y"
+
     return {
         "windows": windows,
         "use_docker": use_docker,
@@ -157,3 +162,12 @@ def test_invalid_slug(cookies, context, slug):
 
     assert result.exit_code != 0
     assert isinstance(result.exception, FailedHookException)
+
+
+def test_no_whitenoise_and_no_cloud_provider(cookies, context):
+    """It should not generate project if neither whitenoise or cloud provider are set"""
+    context.update({"use_whitenoise": "n", "cloud_provider": "None"})
+    result = cookies.bake(extra_context=context)
+
+    assert result.exit_code != 0
+    assert isinstance(result.exception, FailedHookException)
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
index 776e03315..292c1729d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ TEMPLATES = [
                 "django.template.context_processors.static",
                 "django.template.context_processors.tz",
                 "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
+                "{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.utils.context_processors.settings_context",
             ],
         },
     }
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
index e37411653..7a5d5454d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ AWS_DEFAULT_ACL = None
 # https://django-storages.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends/amazon-S3.html#settings
 AWS_S3_REGION_NAME = env("DJANGO_AWS_S3_REGION_NAME", default=None)
 {% elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'GCP' %}
-DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = "storages.backends.gcloud.GoogleCloudStorage"
 GS_BUCKET_NAME = env("DJANGO_GCP_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME")
 GS_DEFAULT_ACL = "publicRead"
 {% endif -%}
@@ -107,6 +106,7 @@ STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
 STATICFILES_STORAGE = "config.settings.production.StaticRootS3Boto3Storage"
 STATIC_URL = f"https://{AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME}.s3.amazonaws.com/static/"
 {% elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'GCP' -%}
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = "config.settings.production.StaticRootGoogleCloudStorage"
 STATIC_URL = f"https://storage.googleapis.com/{GS_BUCKET_NAME}/static/"
 {% endif -%}
 
@@ -132,8 +132,21 @@ class MediaRootS3Boto3Storage(S3Boto3Storage):
 DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = "config.settings.production.MediaRootS3Boto3Storage"
 MEDIA_URL = f"https://{AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME}.s3.amazonaws.com/media/"
 {%- elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'GCP' %}
+from storages.backends.gcloud import GoogleCloudStorage  # noqa E402
+
+
+class StaticRootGoogleCloudStorage(GoogleCloudStorage):
+    location = "static"
+    default_acl = "publicRead"
+
+
+class MediaRootGoogleCloudStorage(GoogleCloudStorage):
+    location = "media"
+    file_overwrite = False
+
+
+DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = "config.settings.production.MediaRootGoogleCloudStorage"
 MEDIA_URL = f"https://storage.googleapis.com/{GS_BUCKET_NAME}/media/"
-MEDIA_ROOT = f"https://storage.googleapis.com/{GS_BUCKET_NAME}/media/"
 {%- endif %}
 
 # TEMPLATES
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 9e1658f20..980380838 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 pytz==2019.2  # https://github.com/stub42/pytz
-python-slugify==3.0.3  # https://github.com/un33k/python-slugify
-Pillow==6.1.0  # https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
+python-slugify==3.0.4  # https://github.com/un33k/python-slugify
+Pillow==6.2.0  # https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_compressor == "y" %}
 rcssmin==1.0.6{% if cookiecutter.windows == 'y' and cookiecutter.use_docker == 'n' %} --install-option="--without-c-extensions"{% endif %}  # https://github.com/ndparker/rcssmin
 {%- endif %}
 argon2-cffi==19.1.0  # https://github.com/hynek/argon2_cffi
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise == 'y' %}
-whitenoise==4.1.3  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
+whitenoise==4.1.4  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 {%- endif %}
 redis==3.3.8  # https://github.com/antirez/redis
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %}
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ flower==0.9.3  # https://github.com/mher/flower
 
 # Django
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-django==2.2.5  # pyup: < 3.0  # https://www.djangoproject.com/
+django==2.2.6  # pyup: < 3.0  # https://www.djangoproject.com/
 django-environ==0.4.5  # https://github.com/joke2k/django-environ
 django-model-utils==3.2.0  # https://github.com/jazzband/django-model-utils
 django-allauth==0.40.0  # https://github.com/pennersr/django-allauth
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index c1df0b84b..41813c475 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.8.3  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 
 # Testing
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-mypy==0.720  # https://github.com/python/mypy
-pytest==5.1.2  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
+mypy==0.730  # https://github.com/python/mypy
+pytest==5.2.0  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
 pytest-sugar==0.9.2  # https://github.com/Frozenball/pytest-sugar
 
 # Code quality
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ pylint-celery==0.3  # https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint-celery
 factory-boy==2.12.0  # https://github.com/FactoryBoy/factory_boy
 
 django-debug-toolbar==2.0  # https://github.com/jazzband/django-debug-toolbar
-django-extensions==2.2.1  # https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions
+django-extensions==2.2.3  # https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions
 django-coverage-plugin==1.6.0  # https://github.com/nedbat/django_coverage_plugin
 pytest-django==3.5.1  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
index 1714398f4..fae99a3f8 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 gunicorn==19.9.0  # https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn
 psycopg2==2.8.3 --no-binary psycopg2  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise == 'n' %}
-Collectfast==1.0.0  # https://github.com/antonagestam/collectfast
+Collectfast==1.1.0  # https://github.com/antonagestam/collectfast
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_sentry == "y" %}
-sentry-sdk==0.11.2  # https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python
+sentry-sdk==0.12.3  # https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python
 {%- endif %}
 
 # Django
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 {%- if cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'AWS' %}
-django-storages[boto3]==1.7.1  # https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages
+django-storages[boto3]==1.7.2  # https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages
 {%- elif cookiecutter.cloud_provider == 'GCP' %}
-django-storages[google]==1.7.1  # https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages
+django-storages[google]==1.7.2  # https://github.com/jschneier/django-storages
 {%- endif %}
-django-anymail[mailgun]==6.1.0  # https://github.com/anymail/django-anymail
+django-anymail[mailgun]==7.0.0  # https://github.com/anymail/django-anymail
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils/__init__.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils/context_processors.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils/context_processors.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de405076f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils/context_processors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+
+
+def settings_context(_request):
+    return {"settings": settings}