diff --git a/djangoldp_polls/models.py b/djangoldp_polls/models.py
index 148e4bd2d59b9c461c1b303f51473d4cc8f08fe2..8fff579ef615c6777e88ccbe92c1895bb109f978 100644
--- a/djangoldp_polls/models.py
+++ b/djangoldp_polls/models.py
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
 from djangoldp.models import Model
-
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.db.models import Sum
 
 from djangoldp_conversation.models import Conversation
 from djangoldp_circle.models import Circle
 
-User = get_user_model()
+User = settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL
 User.name=User.get_full_name