diff --git a/backend/api/backend/settings/base.py b/backend/api/backend/settings/base.py
index e345598..c24fcff 100644
--- a/backend/api/backend/settings/base.py
+++ b/backend/api/backend/settings/base.py
@@ -120,8 +120,5 @@ USE_TZ = False
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
-STATICFILES_DIRS = [
-    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '../../frontend/build/static')
-]
+STATICFILES_DIRS = []
 STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
-
diff --git a/backend/api/backend/settings/dev.py b/backend/api/backend/settings/development.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/api/backend/settings/dev.py
rename to backend/api/backend/settings/development.py
diff --git a/backend/api/backend/urls.py b/backend/api/backend/urls.py
index 9510429..b77c246 100644
--- a/backend/api/backend/urls.py
+++ b/backend/api/backend/urls.py
@@ -34,5 +34,4 @@ router.register(r'graph/edges', views.EdgeView, base_name='edge')
 urlpatterns = [
     path('api/v1/', include(router.urls)),
     path('silk/', include('silk.urls', namespace='silk')),
-    path('', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='index.html')),
 ]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0acaf44..74dccd2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD
       - POSTGRES_DB
       - DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
+      - ENVIRONMENT=development
     build: ./backend/api
     command: bash scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
     volumes:
diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
index f3867ba..4abeff1 100644
--- a/example.env
+++ b/example.env
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ SECRET_KEY=a-long-secret-key
 POSTGRES_USER=postgres
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
 POSTGRES_DB=fediverse
-DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=backend.settings.dev
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=backend.settings.development