diff --git a/django/core/settings.py b/django/core/settings.py
index d9525dd..162b0f8 100644
--- a/django/core/settings.py
+++ b/django/core/settings.py
@@ -142,8 +142,11 @@ STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
 STATICFILES_DIRS = [BASE_DIR / 'static']
 
-# Exclude development CSS files from collectstatic
-STATICFILES_IGNORE_PATTERNS = ['t-input.css']
+# WhiteNoise configuration
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedStaticFilesStorage'
+WHITENOISE_SKIP_COMPRESS_EXTENSIONS = ['css', 'js']
+# Return 404 instead of 500 for missing files
+WHITENOISE_MISSING_FILE_ERRNO = None
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field