diff --git a/containers/shower/default.nix b/containers/shower/default.nix
index 1b12649..d9863e1 100644
--- a/containers/shower/default.nix
+++ b/containers/shower/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,28 @@ let
 
   python = pkgs.python314;
 
+  # The repo's top-level static/ directory (vendored Sortable + cropper
+  # JS/CSS, prize placeholder SVG) isn't shipped in the wheel — hatchling
+  # only packages config/ and shower/, leaving the repo-root static/
+  # behind. Pull the sdist (which contains the full source tree) and
+  # extract just the static/ subtree into the image as /app/static.
+  # local_settings adds it to STATICFILES_DIRS so collectstatic at boot
+  # picks it up alongside the Django admin's static files.
+  #
+  # Fetched from forge.ops.eblu.me (tailnet) because /api/packages/* is
+  # blocked at the fly edge — see fly/nginx.conf forge.eblu.me block.
+  # Hash is the upstream sha256 from forge PyPI's simple index.
+  showerSdist = pkgs.fetchurl {
+    name = "adelaide_baby_shower_app-${version}.tar.gz";
+    url = "https://forge.ops.eblu.me/api/packages/eblume/pypi/files/adelaide-baby-shower-app/${version}/adelaide_baby_shower_app-${version}.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-nlCtlx9zuYaLoJZSckybLV5YPpA8vZamN96O3RXOstM=";
+  };
+
+  staticAssets = pkgs.runCommand "shower-static-assets-${version}" { } ''
+    ${pkgs.gnutar}/bin/tar -xzf ${showerSdist} -C $TMPDIR
+    cp -r $TMPDIR/adelaide_baby_shower_app-${version}/static $out
+  '';
+
   # Fixed-output derivation: pip-installs the app wheel + every transitive
   # dep into a single target dir. FODs get network access in exchange for
   # a pinned output hash, which means the whole dependency closure is
@@ -147,11 +169,17 @@ let
   # otherwise resolve to site-packages, scattering db.sqlite3 / media /
   # staticfiles into the venv. Pin them to /app/{data,media,data/staticfiles}.
   localSettings = pkgs.writeText "local_settings.py" ''
+    from pathlib import Path
+
     from config.settings import *  # noqa: F401,F403
 
     DATABASES["default"]["NAME"] = "/app/data/db.sqlite3"
     MEDIA_ROOT = "/app/media"
     STATIC_ROOT = "/app/data/staticfiles"
+    # /app/static comes from the repo-root static/ subtree of the sdist
+    # (see default.nix staticAssets). Added because the wheel doesn't
+    # ship vendored Sortable/cropper assets.
+    STATICFILES_DIRS = [Path("/app/static")]
   '';
 
   # PYTHONPATH, DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE, PATH, and HOME live in the image's
@@ -195,6 +223,8 @@ pkgs.dockerTools.buildLayeredImage {
     mkdir -p app/data app/media tmp
     chmod 1777 tmp
     cp ${localSettings} app/local_settings.py
+    cp -r ${staticAssets} app/static
+    chmod -R u+w app/static
   '';
 
   fakeRootCommands = ''