diff --git a/api/models.py b/api/models.py
index 71a8362..c844fcb 100644
--- a/api/models.py
+++ b/api/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
 from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractBaseUser
 
-# Create your models here.
+
+class User(AbstractBaseUser):
+    email = models.EmailField(unique=True)
+    username = models.CharField(max_length=100, unique=True)
+    date_joined = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    last_login = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
+    is_admin = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    is_staff = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+    is_superuser = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f'{self.username} - {self.email}'
+
+    def has_perm(self, perm, obj=None):
+        return self.is_admin
+
+    def has_module_perms(self, app_label):
+        return True
diff --git a/buffer_clone_backend/settings.py b/buffer_clone_backend/settings.py
index f53486e..a92293c 100644
--- a/buffer_clone_backend/settings.py
+++ b/buffer_clone_backend/settings.py
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ TEMPLATES = [
     },
 ]
 
+AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'api.User'
+
 WSGI_APPLICATION = 'buffer_clone_backend.wsgi.application'