diff --git a/netcop_hub/settings.py b/netcop_hub/settings.py
index d227be2..cb59873 100644
--- a/netcop_hub/settings.py
+++ b/netcop_hub/settings.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -182,6 +183,10 @@ STATICFILES_DIRS = [
     BASE_DIR / 'static',
 ]
 
+# WhiteNoise configuration for static files in production
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'
+WHITENOISE_USE_FINDERS = True
+
 # Media files
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'media'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 29658b2..d3cf38c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ Pillow==11.3.0
 requests==2.32.4
 gunicorn==21.2.0
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
-dj-database-url==2.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
+dj-database-url==2.1.0
+whitenoise==6.8.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/run_dev.sh b/run_dev.sh
index 86da2c0..76849ba 100755
--- a/run_dev.sh
+++ b/run_dev.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ source venv/bin/activate
 echo "🔍 Checking database configuration..."
 python manage.py check_db
 
+# Check for pending migrations
+echo ""
+echo "🔄 Checking for pending migrations..."
+if python manage.py showmigrations --plan | grep -q '\[ \]'; then
+    echo "⚠️  Found pending migrations. Applying them..."
+    python manage.py migrate
+    echo "✅ Migrations applied successfully!"
+else
+    echo "✅ All migrations up to date!"
+fi
+
 echo ""
 echo "🌐 Starting Django server..."
 echo "Visit: http://localhost:8000"