# Import models from custom folder

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**Category:** Getting Started\
**Created:** [April 23, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/import-models-from-custom-folder/30465 "2024-04-23T15:27:43Z")\
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In the folder of my django application there is a main folder containing settings and in the same directory there is a folder apps which contains all applications with their models and settings for the admin panel.  
For example I wanted to specify AUTH\_USER\_MODEL and for this I wrote the path “apps.user.models.user\_model.User” here:  
user - app name  
models - folder containing all models of a certain application  
user\_model - file containing the model  
User - the very name of the model contained in the file user\_model

When I try to make a migration (this is the first migration in the whole application), I get an error:  
ValueError: Invalid model reference ‘apps\_user.models.user\_model.User’. String model references must be of the form ‘app\_label.ModelName’

I know my teacher managed to do this somehow.