diff --git a/mayan/apps/django_gpg/conf/settings.py b/mayan/apps/django_gpg/conf/settings.py
index d465eba071..d66277b7d4 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/django_gpg/conf/settings.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/django_gpg/conf/settings.py
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ register_settings(
     module=u'django_gpg.conf.settings',
     settings=[
         {'name': u'KEYSERVERS', 'global_name': u'SIGNATURES_KEYSERVERS', 'default': ['pool.sks-keyservers.net'], 'description': _(u'List of keyservers to be queried for unknown keys.')},
-        {'name': u'GPG_HOME', 'global_name': u'SIGNATURES_GPG_HOME', 'default': os.path.join(settings.SITE_ROOT, u'gpg_home'), 'description': _(u'Home directory used to store keys as well as configuration files.')},
+        {'name': u'GPG_HOME', 'global_name': u'SIGNATURES_GPG_HOME', 'default': os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, u'gpg_home'), 'description': _(u'Home directory used to store keys as well as configuration files.')},
     ]
 )
diff --git a/mayan/apps/documents/conf/settings.py b/mayan/apps/documents/conf/settings.py
index 30f2d94c03..b2bfe41727 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/documents/conf/settings.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/documents/conf/settings.py
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ register_settings(
         {'name': u'ZOOM_MIN_LEVEL', 'global_name': u'DOCUMENTS_ZOOM_MIN_LEVEL', 'default': 50, 'description': _(u'Minimum amount in percent (%) to allow user to zoom out a document page interactively.')},
         {'name': u'ROTATION_STEP', 'global_name': u'DOCUMENTS_ROTATION_STEP', 'default': 90, 'description': _(u'Amount in degrees to rotate a document page per user interaction.')},
         #
-        {'name': u'CACHE_PATH', 'global_name': u'DOCUMENTS_CACHE_PATH', 'default': os.path.join(settings.SITE_ROOT, 'image_cache'), 'exists': True},
+        {'name': u'CACHE_PATH', 'global_name': u'DOCUMENTS_CACHE_PATH', 'default': os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, 'image_cache'), 'exists': True},
     ]
 )
diff --git a/mayan/apps/installation/classes.py b/mayan/apps/installation/classes.py
index 3807dc8dab..178b2b3e46 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/installation/classes.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/installation/classes.py
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ class VirtualEnv(object):
             yield self.extract_dependency(item)
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self.requirements_file_path = os.path.join(settings.SITE_ROOT, 'requirements', 'production.txt')
         if not PIP:
             raise PIPNotFound
 
diff --git a/mayan/apps/storage/conf/settings.py b/mayan/apps/storage/conf/settings.py
index f1e835cf7a..e427f74e0d 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/storage/conf/settings.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/storage/conf/settings.py
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ register_settings(
         {'name': u'GRIDFS_HOST', 'global_name': u'STORAGE_GRIDFS_HOST', 'default': u'localhost'},
         {'name': u'GRIDFS_PORT', 'global_name': u'STORAGE_GRIDFS_PORT', 'default': 27017},
         {'name': u'GRIDFS_DATABASE_NAME', 'global_name': u'STORAGE_GRIDFS_DATABASE_NAME', 'default': u'document_storage'},
-        {'name': u'FILESTORAGE_LOCATION', 'global_name': u'STORAGE_FILESTORAGE_LOCATION', 'default': os.path.join(settings.SITE_ROOT, u'document_storage'), 'exists': True},
+        {'name': u'FILESTORAGE_LOCATION', 'global_name': u'STORAGE_FILESTORAGE_LOCATION', 'default': os.path.join(settings.MEDIA_ROOT, u'document_storage'), 'exists': True},
     ]
 )
diff --git a/mayan/media/README b/mayan/media/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2edd0de0a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/media/README
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+User files such as: document_storage, image_cache, db.sqlite3 and gpg_home go here
+
diff --git a/mayan/settings/base.py b/mayan/settings/base.py
index 92e92876f2..774f831a18 100644
--- a/mayan/settings/base.py
+++ b/mayan/settings/base.py
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ import sys
 
 _file_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)).split('/')
 
-BASE_DIR = SITE_ROOT = '/'.join(_file_path[0:-2])
+BASE_DIR = '/'.join(_file_path[0:-2])
+
+MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'mayan', 'media')
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
 # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/deployment/checklist/
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ WSGI_APPLICATION = 'mayan.wsgi.application'
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-        'NAME': os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, 'db.sqlite3'),
+        'NAME': os.path.join(MEDIA_ROOT, 'db.sqlite3'),
     }
 }