diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4ac22b2f4..2137ff1df 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,6 @@ server_config.yaml
 
 .DS_Store
 .DS_Store?
+
+caddy_config/
+caddy_data/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2a213b2fe..b80180df5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ services:
   django:
     build: .
     # NOTE: We use watchmedo to reload gunicorn nicely, Uvicorn + Gunicorn reloads don't work well
-    command: bash -c "cd /app/src && watchmedo auto-restart -p '*.py' --recursive -- gunicorn asgi:application -w 2 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker -b :8000 -b :80 --capture-output --log-level debug"
+    command: bash -c "python manage.py collectstatic --noinput && cd /app/src &&  watchmedo auto-restart -p '*.py' --recursive -- gunicorn asgi:application -w 2 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker -b :8000 -b :80 --capture-output --log-level debug"
     environment:
       - DATABASE_URL=postgres://${DB_USERNAME}:${DB_PASSWORD}@${DB_HOST}:${DB_PORT}/${DB_NAME}
     env_file: .env