diff --git a/core/management/commands/compilestatic.py b/core/management/commands/compilestatic.py
index 1e6566cf..d2f64bfd 100644
--- a/core/management/commands/compilestatic.py
+++ b/core/management/commands/compilestatic.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #
 #
 
-import os
+import sys
 
 import sass
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -34,44 +34,36 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
     help = "Compile scss files from static folder"
 
-    def compile(self, filename):
-        args = {"filename": filename, "include_paths": settings.STATIC_ROOT}
+    def compile(self, filename: str):
+        args = {
+            "filename": filename,
+            "include_paths": settings.STATIC_ROOT.name,
+            "output_style": "compressed",
+        }
         if settings.SASS_PRECISION:
             args["precision"] = settings.SASS_PRECISION
         return sass.compile(**args)
 
-    def is_compilable(self, file, ext_list):
-        path, ext = os.path.splitext(file)
-        return ext in ext_list
-
-    def exec_on_folder(self, folder, func):
-        to_exec = []
-        for file in os.listdir(folder):
-            file = os.path.join(folder, file)
-            if os.path.isdir(file):
-                self.exec_on_folder(file, func)
-            elif self.is_compilable(file, [".scss"]):
-                to_exec.append(file)
-
-        for file in to_exec:
-            func(file)
-
-    def compilescss(self, file):
-        print("compiling %s" % file)
-        with open(file.replace(".scss", ".css"), "w") as newfile:
-            newfile.write(self.compile(file))
-
-    def removescss(self, file):
-        print("removing %s" % file)
-        os.remove(file)
-
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
-        if os.path.isdir(settings.STATIC_ROOT):
-            print("---- Compiling scss files ---")
-            self.exec_on_folder(settings.STATIC_ROOT, self.compilescss)
-            print("---- Removing scss files ----")
-            self.exec_on_folder(settings.STATIC_ROOT, self.removescss)
-        else:
-            print(
-                "No static folder avalaible, please use collectstatic before compiling scss"
+        if not settings.STATIC_ROOT.is_dir():
+            raise Exception(
+                "No static folder availaible, please use collectstatic before compiling scss"
             )
+        to_exec = list(settings.STATIC_ROOT.rglob("*.scss"))
+        if len(to_exec) == 0:
+            self.stdout.write("Nothing to compile.")
+            sys.exit(0)
+        self.stdout.write("---- Compiling scss files ---")
+        for file in to_exec:
+            # remove existing css files that will be replaced
+            # keeping them while compiling the scss would break
+            # import statements resolution
+            css_file = file.with_suffix(".css")
+            if css_file.exists():
+                css_file.unlink()
+        compiled_files = {file: self.compile(str(file.resolve())) for file in to_exec}
+        for file, scss in compiled_files.items():
+            file.replace(file.with_suffix(".css")).write_text(scss)
+        self.stdout.write(
+            "Files compiled : \n" + "\n- ".join(str(f) for f in compiled_files)
+        )
diff --git a/sith/settings.py b/sith/settings.py
index 479c91c3..f68d85af 100644
--- a/sith/settings.py
+++ b/sith/settings.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import binascii
 # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
 import os
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import sentry_sdk
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
 
 from .honeypot import custom_honeypot_error
 
-BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+BASE_DIR = Path(".").parent.parent
 
 os.environ["HTTPS"] = "off"
 
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {}
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
         "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-        "NAME": os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "db.sqlite3"),
+        "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
     }
 }
 
@@ -252,19 +253,19 @@ USE_I18N = True
 
 USE_TZ = True
 
-LOCALE_PATHS = (os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "locale"),)
+LOCALE_PATHS = [BASE_DIR / "locale"]
 
 PHONENUMBER_DEFAULT_REGION = "FR"
 
 # Medias
-MEDIA_ROOT = "./data/"
 MEDIA_URL = "/data/"
+MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "data"
 
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/static-files/
 
 STATIC_URL = "/static/"
-STATIC_ROOT = "./static/"
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "static"
 
 # Static files finders which allow to see static folder in all apps
 STATICFILES_FINDERS = [
@@ -288,7 +289,6 @@ HONEYPOT_VALUE = "content"
 HONEYPOT_RESPONDER = custom_honeypot_error  # Make honeypot errors less suspicious
 HONEYPOT_FIELD_NAME_FORUM = "message2"  # Only used on forum
 
-
 # Email
 EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend"
 EMAIL_HOST = "localhost"
@@ -725,7 +725,6 @@ if SENTRY_DSN:
         environment=SENTRY_ENV,
     )
 
-
 SITH_FRONT_DEP_VERSIONS = {
     "https://github.com/Stuk/jszip-utils": "0.1.0",
     "https://github.com/Stuk/jszip": "3.10.1",