diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 48a943a..fc2307f 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 include src/postorius/doc/Makefile
 include tox.ini
 recursive-include example_project *.py *.cfg *.rst *.txt
-prune example_project/env
 prune example_project/venv
-prune example_project/public
+prune example_project/static
 graft src/postorius/tests/fixtures
diff --git a/example_project/.gitignore b/example_project/.gitignore
index a6f814a..214d9d9 100644
--- a/example_project/.gitignore
+++ b/example_project/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 postorius.db
-public
+static
 venv
-env
diff --git a/example_project/settings.py b/example_project/settings.py
index c1b3ce3..99aacd1 100644
--- a/example_project/settings.py
+++ b/example_project/settings.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 # Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
 # in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
 # Example: "/var/www/example.com/static/"
-STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'public', 'static')
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
 
 # URL prefix for static files.
 # Example: "http://example.com/static/", "http://static.example.com/"