diff --git a/src/website/settings.py b/src/website/settings.py
index 839941d..0bc71fd 100644
--- a/src/website/settings.py
+++ b/src/website/settings.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ For the full list of settings and their values, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/settings/
 """
 
-from pathlib import Path
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 SECRET_KEY = os.environ["DJANGO_SECRET_KEY"]
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = os.getenv("DEBUG") == "TRUE"
+DEBUG = os.getenv("DEBUG", "false") == "true"
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.getenv("ALLOWED_HOSTS", "127.0.0.1").split(",")
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO", "https")
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "polls.apps.PollsConfig",
+    "core.apps.CoreConfig",
     "django.contrib.admin",
     "django.contrib.auth",
     "django.contrib.contenttypes",
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
 ]
 
-if os.getenv("DJANGO_RELOAD", "False") == "True":
+if os.getenv("DJANGO_RELOAD", "false") == "true":
     INSTALLED_APPS.append("django_browser_reload")
     INSTALLED_APPS.append("django_watchfiles")
     MIDDLEWARE.append("django_browser_reload.middleware.BrowserReloadMiddleware")
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ ROOT_URLCONF = "website.urls"
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
-        "DIRS": [],
+        "DIRS": [BASE_DIR / "templates"],
         "APP_DIRS": True,
         "OPTIONS": {
             "context_processors": [
@@ -129,3 +130,7 @@ USE_TZ = True
 
 STATIC_ROOT = "/app/static/"
 STATIC_URL = "static/"
+
+STATICFILES_DIRS = [
+    BASE_DIR / "static",
+]