diff --git a/django_weasyprint/utils.py b/django_weasyprint/utils.py
index bb96386..607b56c 100644
--- a/django_weasyprint/utils.py
+++ b/django_weasyprint/utils.py
@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ def django_url_fetcher(url, *args, **kwargs):
 
         elif settings.STATIC_URL and url_path.startswith(settings.STATIC_URL):
             path = url_path.replace(settings.STATIC_URL, '', 1)
-            data['file_obj'] = open(find(path), 'rb')
+            found_path = find(path)
+            if not found_path:
+		        path = Path(
+                    settings.STATIC_ROOT / url_path.replace(settings.STATIC_URL, '', 1)
+                )
+		        found_path = f'{path}' if path.is_file() else None
+            data['file_obj'] = open(found_path, 'rb')
             return data
 
     # fall back to weasyprint default fetcher