[Python] AWS Elastic Beanstalk can not find static files for Django App

I am having a little trouble setting up the static folders on elastic beanstalk for a django app I created. I manged to get the app to run without any of the css/js/etc. My file structure is:

|.ebextensions
| --django.config
|.elasticbeanstalk
| --config.yml
|django_app
| --core
| --blog
| --other apps..
|config
| --settings
| --base.py
| --local.py
| --production.py
| --asgi.py
| --urls.py
| --wsgi.py
|static
| --blog
| --css/js/etc
| --other apps
|manage.py
|requirements.txt
|secrets.json


in my django.config I have it set up like so:

option_settings:
aws:elasticbeanstalk:application:environment:
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: config.settings.production
aws:elasticbeanstalk:containerython:
WSGIPath: config.wsgi:application
NumProcesses: 3
NumThreads: 20


and for my static settings in base.py (production/local.py do import base.py):

# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/static-files/
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATIC_ROOT = "static"


I had a similar problem with flask but it didn't give me this much trouble. I have tried to follow some of the solutions that are on here but nothing has worked just yet or I am misinterpreting something. Any help is appreciated!

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