diff --git a/.env.dist b/.env.dist
index 03d4598..f5f8f96 100644
--- a/.env.dist
+++ b/.env.dist
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SECRET_KEY=secret
 ALLOWED_HOSTS=*
 
 # DATABASE
-# Format: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING
+# Format: https://django-environ.readthedocs.io/en/latest/types.html#environ-env-db-url
 DATABASE_URL=postgresql://[user[:password]@][netloc][:port][/dbname][?param1=value1&...]
 
 # EMAIL
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ SERVER_EMAIL=webmaster@example.com
 # CACHE
 CACHE_URL=rediscache://127.0.0.1:6379/1?client_class=django_redis.client.DefaultClient&password=ungithubbed-secret
 
-# URL PREFIX
-URL_PREFIX=
+# FILES
+MEDIA_ROOT=/path/to/media
diff --git a/project_name/settings/base.py b/project_name/settings/base.py
index e7a8385..e1db57e 100644
--- a/project_name/settings/base.py
+++ b/project_name/settings/base.py
@@ -91,15 +91,9 @@
             'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator'
         ),
     },
-    {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
-    },
-    {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
-    },
-    {
-        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
-    },
+    {'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator'},
+    {'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator'},
+    {'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator'},
 ]
 
 AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'account.User'
@@ -128,7 +122,7 @@
 
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 
-MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'resources/media'
+MEDIA_ROOT = env('MEDIA_ROOT')
 
 
 # Default primary key field type