diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
index a573732fd..43b2fa34f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ SPECTACULAR_SETTINGS = {
 WEBPACK_LOADER = {
     "DEFAULT": {
         "CACHE": not DEBUG,
-        "STATS_FILE": ROOT_DIR / "webpack-stats.json",
+        "STATS_FILE": BASE_DIR / "webpack-stats.json",
         "POLL_INTERVAL": 0.1,
         "IGNORE": [r".+\.hot-update.js", r".+\.map"],
     }