diff --git a/videodinges/settings.py b/videodinges/settings.py
index 097fd62..99afb1a 100644
--- a/videodinges/settings.py
+++ b/videodinges/settings.py
@@ -119,3 +119,16 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+
+STATICFILES_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')]
+
+MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'uploads')
+
+MEDIA_URL = '/uploads/'
+
+FILE_UPLOAD_HANDLERS = ['django.core.files.uploadhandler.TemporaryFileUploadHandler']
+
+FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE = 2147483648  # 2GB
+
+FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'tmp')  # probably default /tmp is too small for video files
+