Testing static files issue

Procfile

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-web: gunicorn projexbackend.wsgi
+release: python manage.py migrate
+web: gunicorn projexbackend.wsgi --log-file -

projexbackend/config/production.py

@@ -14,4 +14,18 @@
 DATABASES['default'].update(prod_db)
 
 
-django_heroku.settings(locals())
+# django_heroku.settings(locals())
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/static-files/
+PROJECT_ROOT   =   os.path.join(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+STATIC_ROOT  =   os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'staticfiles')
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+
+# Extra lookup directories for collectstatic to find static files
+STATICFILES_DIRS = (
+    os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static'),
+)
+
+#  Add configuration for static files storage using whitenoise
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.django.GzipManifestStaticFilesStorage'

projexbackend/config/settings.py

@@ -11,14 +11,12 @@
 """
 import datetime
 import os
-import django_heroku
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 SECRET_KEY = os.environ['SECRET_KEY']
 
-
 PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'staticfiles')
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
@@ -82,9 +80,9 @@
 SITE_ID = 1
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
-    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',