diff --git a/accounts/admin.py b/accounts/admin.py
index 8c38f3f..931673c 100644
--- a/accounts/admin.py
+++ b/accounts/admin.py
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
+from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin
 
-# Register your models here.
+from .forms import CustomUserCreationForm, CustomUserChangeForm
+from .models import CustomUser
+
+class CustomUserAdmin(UserAdmin):
+    add_form = CustomUserCreationForm
+    form = CustomUserChangeForm
+    model = CustomUser
+    list_display = ["email", "username",]
+
+admin.site.register(CustomUser, CustomUserAdmin)
diff --git a/accounts/forms.py b/accounts/forms.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b8b25f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/forms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm, UserChangeForm
+from .models import CustomUser
+
+class CustomUserCreationForm(UserCreationForm):
+    class Meta:
+        model = CustomUser
+        fields = ("username", "email")
+
+class CustomUserChangeForm(UserChangeForm):
+    class Meta:
+        model = CustomUser
+        fields = ("username", "email")
diff --git a/accounts/migrations/0001_initial.py b/accounts/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..147ad7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.6 on 2024-06-28 23:17
+
+import django.contrib.auth.models
+import django.contrib.auth.validators
+import django.utils.timezone
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('auth', '0012_alter_user_first_name_max_length'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='CustomUser',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('password', models.CharField(max_length=128, verbose_name='password')),
+                ('last_login', models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True, verbose_name='last login')),
+                ('is_superuser', models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text='Designates that this user has all permissions without explicitly assigning them.', verbose_name='superuser status')),
+                ('username', models.CharField(error_messages={'unique': 'A user with that username already exists.'}, help_text='Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only.', max_length=150, unique=True, validators=[django.contrib.auth.validators.UnicodeUsernameValidator()], verbose_name='username')),
+                ('first_name', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=150, verbose_name='first name')),
+                ('last_name', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=150, verbose_name='last name')),
+                ('email', models.EmailField(blank=True, max_length=254, verbose_name='email address')),
+                ('is_staff', models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text='Designates whether the user can log into this admin site.', verbose_name='staff status')),
+                ('is_active', models.BooleanField(default=True, help_text='Designates whether this user should be treated as active. Unselect this instead of deleting accounts.', verbose_name='active')),
+                ('date_joined', models.DateTimeField(default=django.utils.timezone.now, verbose_name='date joined')),
+                ('groups', models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, help_text='The groups this user belongs to. A user will get all permissions granted to each of their groups.', related_name='user_set', related_query_name='user', to='auth.group', verbose_name='groups')),
+                ('user_permissions', models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, help_text='Specific permissions for this user.', related_name='user_set', related_query_name='user', to='auth.permission', verbose_name='user permissions')),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'verbose_name': 'user',
+                'verbose_name_plural': 'users',
+                'abstract': False,
+            },
+            managers=[
+                ('objects', django.contrib.auth.models.UserManager()),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/accounts/models.py b/accounts/models.py
index 71a8362..09ed48c 100644
--- a/accounts/models.py
+++ b/accounts/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
 
-# Create your models here.
+class CustomUser(AbstractUser):
+    pass
+    # add additional fields in here
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.username
diff --git a/django_customUser/settings.py b/django_customUser/settings.py
index 4f24849..b191006 100644
--- a/django_customUser/settings.py
+++ b/django_customUser/settings.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'accounts',
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
         'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
     },
 ]
-
+AUTH_USER_MODEL = "accounts.CustomUser"
 
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/i18n/