diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/config/settings.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/config/settings.py
index 872b78075..590def49f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/config/settings.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/config/settings.py
@@ -360,7 +360,11 @@ class Production(Common):
     }
 
     # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-url
-    STATIC_URL = 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/%s/' % AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME
+    # A hack to fix this, because the default __repr__ of values will return <Value Default: foo>
+    # if foo is the default, or whatever the value of the environment variable.
+    # This causes the URL to be https://s3.amazonaws.com/&lt;Value%20Default:%20foo%gt;/
+    # @burhan 2014-07-20
+    STATIC_URL = 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/%s/' % (AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME.setup('DJANGO_AWS_BUCKET_NAME'),)
     ########## END STORAGE CONFIGURATION
 
     ########## EMAIL