diff --git a/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-tasks-py-conf.yaml b/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-tasks-py-conf.yaml
index a9ce27a..760ba45 100644
--- a/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-tasks-py-conf.yaml
+++ b/charts/geonode/templates/geonode/geonode-tasks-py-conf.yaml
@@ -312,13 +312,18 @@ data:
         except Exception:
             pass
 
-
     @task
     def statics(ctx):
         print("**************************statics*******************************")
         try:
-            ctx.run("mkdir -p /mnt/volumes/statics/{static,uploads}")
-            ctx.run(f"python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --settings={_localsettings()}", pty=True)
+            static_root = os.environ.get("STATIC_ROOT", "/mnt/volumes/statics/static/")
+            media_root = os.environ.get("MEDIA_ROOT", "/mnt/volumes/statics/uploaded/")
+
+            ctx.run(f"mkdir -pv {static_root} {media_root}")
+            ctx.run(
+                f"python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --settings={_localsettings()}",
+                pty=True,
+            )
         except Exception:
             import traceback
 
@@ -357,7 +362,7 @@ data:
     def collectstatic(ctx):
         print("************************static artifacts******************************")
         ctx.run(
-            f"django-admin.py collectstatic --noinput \
+            f"django-admin collectstatic --noinput \
     --settings={_localsettings()}",
             pty=True,
         )
@@ -374,7 +379,7 @@ data:
         _prepare_monitoring_fixture()
         try:
             ctx.run(
-                f"django-admin.py loaddata /tmp/default_monitoring_apps_docker.json \
+                f"django-admin loaddata /tmp/default_monitoring_apps_docker.json \
     --settings={_localsettings()}",
                 pty=True,
             )
@@ -385,7 +390,7 @@ data:
     def updategeoip(ctx):
         print("**************************update geoip*******************************")
         if ast.literal_eval(os.environ.get("MONITORING_ENABLED", "False")):
-            ctx.run(f"django-admin.py updategeoip --settings={_localsettings()}", pty=True)
+            ctx.run(f"django-admin updategeoip --settings={_localsettings()}", pty=True)
 
     @task
     def updateadmin(ctx):
@@ -395,7 +400,7 @@ data:
             os.environ.get("ADMIN_PASSWORD", "admin"), os.environ.get("ADMIN_EMAIL", "admin@example.org")
         )
         ctx.run(
-            f"django-admin.py loaddata /tmp/django_admin_docker.json \
+            f"django-admin loaddata /tmp/django_admin_docker.json \
     --settings={_localsettings()}",
             pty=True,
         )