diff --git a/sapl/settings.py b/sapl/settings.py
index a44b3f73e..b50f271a7 100755
--- a/sapl/settings.py
+++ b/sapl/settings.py
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ WEBPACK_LOADER = {
     'DEFAULT': {
         'CACHE': not DEBUG,
         'BUNDLE_DIR_NAME': 'sapl/static/',
-        'STATS_FILE':  (PROJECT_DIR if not FRONTEND_CUSTOM else PROJECT_DIR.parent.child('sapl-frontend')).child('webpack-stats.json'),
+        'STATS_FILE':  (BASE_DIR if not FRONTEND_CUSTOM else PROJECT_DIR.parent.child('sapl-frontend')).child('webpack-stats.json'),
         'POLL_INTERVAL': 0.1,
         'TIMEOUT': None,
         'IGNORE': [r'.+\.hot-update.js', r'.+\.map']