diff --git a/config/__pycache__/settings.cpython-311.pyc b/config/__pycache__/settings.cpython-311.pyc
index 7e70bda..572327e 100644
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diff --git a/config/settings.py b/config/settings.py
index da2cb41..3238358 100644
--- a/config/settings.py
+++ b/config/settings.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    # 'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware', # Disabled due to install failure
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ STATICFILES_DIRS = [
 if (BASE_DIR / 'node_modules').exists():
     STATICFILES_DIRS.append(BASE_DIR / 'node_modules')
 
+# STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedStaticFilesStorage' # Disabled due to install failure
 
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5ea193d..eef62ca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ python-dotenv==1.1.1
 gunicorn==21.2.0
 requests
 openpyxl
+# whitenoise # Disabled due to install failure
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