Hate that I have to do this.

snipt/settings.py

@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ USE_L10N = True
 
 # Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
 # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/media/"
-MEDIA_ROOT = ''
+MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_PATH, 'media')
 
 # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
 # trailing slash.
 # Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com/media/", "http://example.com/media/"
-MEDIA_URL = ''
+MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 
 # Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
 # Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files

snipt/urls.py

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from snipts.api import PublicCommentResource, PublicSniptResource, PublicUserResource, PublicTagResource
 from django.views.generic.simple import direct_to_template
+from django.conf.urls.static import static
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
 from django.contrib import admin
+from django.conf import settings
 from tastypie.api import Api
 
 admin.autodiscover()
@@ -22,4 +24,4 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^api/', include(public_api.urls)),
 
     url(r'^', include('snipts.urls')),
-)
+) + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)