diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5dd491d2..4c7c1024 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ COPY solr_conf /code/solr_conf
 RUN touch /code/nuremberg/__init__.py; \
     chown 1000 /code
 
+RUN ./manage.py compress
+
 USER 1000
 
 WORKDIR /code
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 56c87ba6..b32e8e6a 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ initCommands:
       zipfile.ZipFile('/code/data/nuremberg_prod_dump_latest.sqlite3.zip').extractall(path='/tmp')
       EOF
   - name: collectstatic
-    command: './manage.py collectstatic --noinput && ./manage.py compress --force'
+    command: './manage.py collectstatic --noinput'
 
 podSecurityContext:
   fsGroup: 1000
diff --git a/web/nuremberg/settings.py b/web/nuremberg/settings.py
index 3ebbe5e5..e4ad23f7 100644
--- a/web/nuremberg/settings.py
+++ b/web/nuremberg/settings.py
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
 COMPRESS_STORAGE = 'compressor.storage.OfflineManifestFileStorage'
 COMPRESS_OFFLINE = True
 COMPRESS_OFFLINE_MANIFEST = 'compress-manifest.json'
+COMPRESS_OUTPUT_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'core/static/')
 
 # whitenoise settings
 # https://warehouse.python.org/project/whitenoise/