diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
index 85043efd4d..5f7b868dc3 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if cors_opt:
     CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL = cors_opt.get('allow_all', False)
 
     if CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL:
-        print("Warning: DEBUG mode is enabled, CORS requests are allowed for any domain")
+        print("Warning: CORS requests are allowed for any domain!")
     else:
         CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = cors_opt.get('whitelist', [])
 
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ LOGGING = {
     },
 }
 
-
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ DATABASES = {}
 if 'database' in CONFIG:
     DATABASES['default'] = CONFIG['database']
 else:
-    print("Warning: Database backend not specified - using default")
+    print("Warning: Database backend not specified - using default (sqlite)")
     DATABASES['default'] = {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
         'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'inventree_db.sqlite3'),
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ USE_TZ = True
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
 STATICFILES_DIRS = [
-    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
+    CONFIG.get('static_root', os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')),
 ]
 
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
diff --git a/InvenTree/config.yaml b/InvenTree/config.yaml
index 9e204ed563..5aa24a3e69 100644
--- a/InvenTree/config.yaml
+++ b/InvenTree/config.yaml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ allowed_hosts:
 # Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) settings (see https://github.com/ottoyiu/django-cors-headers)
 # Following parameters are 
 cors:
-  # CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL - If True, the whitelist will not be used and all origins will be accepted. Defaults to False.
-  allow_all: False
+  # CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL - If True, the whitelist will not be used and all origins will be accepted.
+  allow_all: True
   
   # CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST - A list of origins that are authorized to make cross-site HTTP requests. Defaults to []
   # whitelist:
@@ -38,5 +38,9 @@ cors:
 # This should be changed for a production installation
 media_root: './media'
 
+# STATIC_ROOT is the local filesystem location for storing static files
+# By default it is stored in a directory named 'static' local to the InvenTree directory
+static_root: './static'
+
 # Logging options
 log_queries: False
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