diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3cc935436..c4308986e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 RUN mkdir /vulnerablecode
 WORKDIR /vulnerablecode
 ADD . /vulnerablecode/
-RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt && \
+    DJANGO_DEV=1 python manage.py collectstatic
 
 LABEL "base_image": "pkg:docker/python@sha256%3Ae9b7e3b4e9569808066c5901b8a9ad315a9f14ae8d3949ece22ae339fff2cad0"
 LABEL "dockerfile_url":  "https://github.com/nexB/vulnerablecode/blob/develop/Dockerfile"
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d328634c9..87428ea54 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -141,11 +141,12 @@ On Debian-based distros, these can be installed with::
 
 **Application dependencies**
 
-Create a virtualenv, install dependencies, and run the database migrations::
+Create a virtualenv, install dependencies, generate static files and run the database migrations::
 
     python3 -m venv venv
     source venv/bin/activate
     pip install -r requirements.txt
+    DJANGO_DEV=1 python manage.py collectstatic
     DJANGO_DEV=1 python manage.py migrate
 
 The environment variable ``DJANGO_DEV`` is used to load settings suitable for
diff --git a/vulnerablecode/settings.py b/vulnerablecode/settings.py
index 7c829e82f..c21db3ca3 100644
--- a/vulnerablecode/settings.py
+++ b/vulnerablecode/settings.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = False
+DEBUG_PROPAGATE_EXCEPTIONS = True
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
     ".herokuapp.com",