diff --git a/bundles/infobeamer-cms/items.py b/bundles/infobeamer-cms/items.py
index 226fc23..39820cc 100644
--- a/bundles/infobeamer-cms/items.py
+++ b/bundles/infobeamer-cms/items.py
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 actions = {
-    'infobeamer-cms_set_directory_permissions': {
-        'triggered': True,
-        'command': 'chown -R infobeamer-cms:infobeamer-cms /opt/infobeamer-cms/src/static/'
-    },
     'infobeamer-cms_create_virtualenv': {
         'command': '/usr/bin/python3 -m virtualenv -p python3 /opt/infobeamer-cms/venv/',
         'unless': 'test -d /opt/infobeamer-cms/venv/',
@@ -12,7 +8,11 @@ actions = {
         },
     },
     'infobeamer-cms_install_requirements': {
-        'command': 'cd /opt/infobeamer-cms/src && /opt/infobeamer-cms/venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip gunicorn -r requirements.txt',
+        'command': ' && '.join([
+            'cd /opt/infobeamer-cms/src',
+            '/opt/infobeamer-cms/venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip gunicorn -r requirements.txt',
+            'rsync /opt/infobeamer-cms/src/static/* /opt/infobeamer-cms/static/',
+        ]),
         'needs': {
             'action:infobeamer-cms_create_virtualenv',
         },
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ git_deploy = {
         },
         'triggers': {
             'svc_systemd:infobeamer-cms:restart',
-            'action:infobeamer-cms_set_directory_permissions',
             'action:infobeamer-cms_install_requirements',
         },
     },
@@ -37,6 +36,9 @@ git_deploy = {
 
 directories = {
     '/opt/infobeamer-cms/src': {},
+    '/opt/infobeamer-cms/static': {
+        'owner': 'infobeamer-cms',
+    },
 }
 
 config = node.metadata.get('infobeamer-cms/config', {})
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ svc_systemd = {
     'infobeamer-cms': {
         'needs': {
             'action:infobeamer-cms_install_requirements',
-            'action:infobeamer-cms_set_directory_permissions',
+            'directory:/opt/infobeamer-cms/static',
             'file:/etc/systemd/system/infobeamer-cms.service',
             'file:/opt/infobeamer-cms/settings.toml',
             'git_deploy:/opt/infobeamer-cms/src',
@@ -117,8 +119,12 @@ svc_systemd = {
     },
     'infobeamer-cms-runperiodic.timer': {
         'needs': {
-            'file:/etc/systemd/system/infobeamer-cms-runperiodic.timer',
+            'action:infobeamer-cms_install_requirements',
+            'directory:/opt/infobeamer-cms/static',
             'file:/etc/systemd/system/infobeamer-cms-runperiodic.service',
+            'file:/etc/systemd/system/infobeamer-cms-runperiodic.timer',
+            'file:/opt/infobeamer-cms/settings.toml',
+            'git_deploy:/opt/infobeamer-cms/src',
         },
     },
 }
diff --git a/bundles/infobeamer-cms/metadata.py b/bundles/infobeamer-cms/metadata.py
index d376b62..9d602e0 100644
--- a/bundles/infobeamer-cms/metadata.py
+++ b/bundles/infobeamer-cms/metadata.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ defaults = {
             'MAX_UPLOADS': 5,
             'PREFERRED_URL_SCHEME': 'https',
             'SESSION_COOKIE_NAME': '__Host-sess',
+            'STATIC_PATH': '/opt/infobeamer-cms/static',
             'URL_KEY': repo.vault.password_for(f'{node.name} infobeamer-cms url key'),
             'VERSION': 1,
         },
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ def nginx(metadata):
                             'target': 'http://127.0.0.1:8000',
                         },
                         '/static': {
-                            'alias': '/opt/infobeamer-cms/src/static',
+                            'alias': '/opt/infobeamer-cms/static',
                         },
                     },
                     'website_check_path': '/',