diff --git a/k4ever/settings.py.template b/k4ever/settings.py.template
index 06321f5..d24013e 100644
--- a/k4ever/settings.py.template
+++ b/k4ever/settings.py.template
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Berlin'
 # http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'de-de'
 
+# Absolute path to the directory that holds media.
+# If this path is NOT absolute you might NOT see any images for buyables.
+MEDIA_ROOT = 'media/'
+
 # Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody. This is used for hash
 # generation and other stuff. MUST BE SET.
 SECRET_KEY = ''