diff --git a/sage_validation/settings.py b/sage_validation/settings.py
index db358aaf30f5e0e66fc845eaa68763782202cdfc..22cb5ec0d6bf5bac363077addfae76f5309a09f8 100644
--- a/sage_validation/settings.py
+++ b/sage_validation/settings.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ INTERNAL_IPS = [
     "127.0.0.1",
 ]
 
-STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
+STATIC_ROOT = os.getenv("STATIC_ROOT", BASE_DIR / "staticfiles")
 STATICFILES_DIRS = [
     BASE_DIR / "static",
 ]