diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index fa0c4c59..d1fff2fd 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ If you are running django 1.2.x then you will need to install django-staticfiles
 existing settings.py and urls.py files:
 
 settings.py:
-STATIC_URL = "/static/"
+MEDIA_ROOT = '/var/www/media/'
+MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
+STATIC_ROOT = '/var/www/static/'
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'staticfiles',             
@@ -85,6 +88,12 @@ urls.py:
 from staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
 urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()
 
+then do:
+$ cd /var/www
+$ mkdir static
+$ cd static
+$ ln -sf /path/to/helpdesk/static/helpdesk/ helpdesk
+
 
 Installation
 ============