diff --git a/www/conservancy/settings.py b/www/conservancy/settings.py
index 57dd68fd..a478584c 100644
--- a/www/conservancy/settings.py
+++ b/www/conservancy/settings.py
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.AutoField'
 
-_conservancy_root_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / 'conservancy'
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 TEMPLATES = [
    {
       'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
       'DIRS': [
-         _conservancy_root_dir / 'templates',
-         _conservancy_root_dir / 'static',
+         BASE_DIR / 'conservancy' / 'templates',
+         BASE_DIR / 'conservancy' / 'static',
       ],
       'APP_DIRS': True,
       'OPTIONS': {