diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 713258ca7..1da68e6a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 *.pot
 *.pyc
 __pycache__/
-local_settings.py
 db.sqlite3
-media
 
 # If your build process includes running collectstatic, then you probably don't need or want to include staticfiles/
 # in your Git repository. Update and uncomment the following line accordingly.
@@ -192,10 +190,8 @@ pyvenv.cfg
 pip-selfcheck.json
 
 # End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/python,django
-/static/
-local.env.yml
+*.env.yml
 
-media/
 *mmdb
 
 .idea/
diff --git a/authentik/root/settings.py b/authentik/root/settings.py
index cc80e2b7a..5b873f54d 100644
--- a/authentik/root/settings.py
+++ b/authentik/root/settings.py
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ from authentik.stages.password import BACKEND_APP_PASSWORD, BACKEND_INBUILT, BAC
 
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).absolute().parent.parent.parent
 STATICFILES_DIRS = [BASE_DIR / Path("web")]
-MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / Path("media")
+MEDIA_ROOT = Path(CONFIG.get("paths.media"))
+if not MEDIA_ROOT.exists():
+    MEDIA_ROOT.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
 DEBUG = CONFIG.get_bool("debug")
 SECRET_KEY = CONFIG.get("secret_key")
diff --git a/scripts/generate_config.py b/scripts/generate_config.py
index db055488f..b927c855c 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_config.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_config.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ with open("local.env.yml", "w", encoding="utf-8") as _config:
             "outposts": {
                 "container_image_base": "ghcr.io/goauthentik/dev-%(type)s:gh-%(build_hash)s",
             },
-            "paths.blueprints": "./blueprints",
             "paths": {
                 "cert_discovery": "./data/certs",
                 "media": "./data/media",
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ with open("local.env.yml", "w", encoding="utf-8") as _config:
                 "blueprints": "./blueprints",
             },
             "events": {
-                "processors": {
+                "context_processors": {
                     "geoip": "tests/GeoLite2-City-Test.mmdb",
                     "asn": "tests/GeoLite2-ASN-Test.mmdb",
                 }