diff --git a/dmoj/settings.py b/dmoj/settings.py
index c2a30d77e1..75c8809973 100644
--- a/dmoj/settings.py
+++ b/dmoj/settings.py
@@ -602,8 +602,9 @@
 
 WEBAUTHN_RP_ID = None
 
+LOCAL_SETTINGS_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'local_settings.py') if os.environ.get('DEBUG', '0') == '1' else '/local_settings.py'
 try:
-    with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'local_settings.py')) as f:
+    with open(LOCAL_SETTINGS_PATH) as f:
         exec(f.read(), globals())
 except IOError as e:
     raise ImportError('Could not import local_settings.py: %s' % e) from IOError