Let Django serve media files if needed

src/comics/urls.py

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import re
+
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.conf.urls.static import static
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.urls import include, path
+from django.urls import include, path, re_path
 from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
+from django.views.static import serve
 
 urlpatterns = [
     # Robots not welcome
@@ -30,9 +32,15 @@
 ]
 
 
-# Let Django host media if doing local development on runserver
+# Let Django host media if nothing in front of it handles the request.
 if not settings.MEDIA_URL.startswith("http"):
-    urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
+    urlpatterns += [
+        re_path(
+            r"^%s(?P<path>.*)$" % re.escape(settings.MEDIA_URL.lstrip("/")),
+            serve,
+            kwargs={"document_root": settings.MEDIA_ROOT},
+        ),
+    ]
 
 
 # Include debug_toolbar during development