diff --git a/src/c3nav/settings.py b/src/c3nav/settings.py
index 0d5f923b..792c9df7 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/settings.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/settings.py
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ BOOTSTRAP3 = {
 
 STATICFILES_DIRS = [
     BASE_DIR / 'c3nav' / 'static',
-    *config.get('c3nav', 'extra_static_dirs', fallback=''),
+    *config.getlist('c3nav', 'extra_static_dirs', fallback=''),
 ]
 
 COMPRESS_PRECOMPILERS = (