# ImproperlyConfigured: apps in folder, problems when configuring application

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/improperlyconfigured-apps-in-folder-problems-when-configuring-application/7685>\
**Category:** Using Django\
**Created:** [April 26, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/improperlyconfigured-apps-in-folder-problems-when-configuring-application/7685 "2021-04-26T12:51:30Z")\
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Hi, I’ve some problem and need some help with application configuration when putting all the apps into a folder:

```bash
root@23eb465d16a0:/usr/src/invdb_v3_project_root# tree
.
├── invdb_v3_apps
│ ├── __init__ py
│ ├── address
│ │ ├── __init__.py
│ │ ├── admin.py
│ │ ├── apps.py
│ │ ├── migrations
│ │ ├── models.py
│ │ ├── tests.py
│ │ └── views.py
│ ├── asset
│ │ ├── __init__.py
│ │ ├── admin.py
│ │ ├── apps.py
│ │ ├── forms.py
│ │ ├── migrations
│ │ ├── models.py
│ │ ├── tests.py
│ │ ├── urls.py
│ │ └── views.py
│ ├── cisco
│ │ ├── __init__.py
│ │ ├── admin.py
│ │ ├── apps.py
│ │ ├── migrations
│ │ ├── models.py
│ │ ├── tests.py
│ │ └── views.py
│ ├── concierge
│ │ ├── __init__.py
│ │ ├── admin.py
│ │ ├── apps.py
│ │ ├── migrations
│ │ ├── models.py
│ │ ├── tests.py
│ │ ├── urls.py
│ │ └── views.py
│ ├── customer
│ │ ├── __init__.py
│ │ ├── admin.py
│ │ ├── apps.py
│ │ ├── migrations
│ │ ├── models.py
│ │ ├── tests.py
│ │ ├── urls.py
│ │ └── views.py
│ ├── misc
│ │ ├── __init__.py
│ │ ├── admin.py
│ │ ├── apps.py
│ │ ├── migrations
│ │ ├── models.py
│ │ ├── tests.py
│ │ ├── urls.py
│ │ └── views.py
│ ├── peripheral
│ │ ├── __init__.py
│ │ ├── __pycache__
│ │ ├── admin.py
│ │ ├── apps.py
│ │ ├── migrations
│ │ ├── models.py
│ │ ├── tests.py
│ │ └── views.py
│ └── service
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── admin.py
│ ├── apps.py
│ ├── migrations
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── models.py
│ ├── tests.py
│ └── views.py
├── invdb_v3_project
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── __pycache__
│ │ ├── __init__.cpython-39.pyc
│ │ ├── settings.cpython-39.pyc
│ │ ├── urls.cpython-39.pyc
│ │ └── wsgi.cpython-39.pyc
│ ├── asgi.py
│ ├── settings.py
│ ├── urls.py
│ └── wsgi.py
├── manage.py
├── static
│ ├── css
│ ├── images
│ └── js
├── templates
└── wait-for-service.sh

```

If I register the app like this:

```python
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'invdb_v3_apps.misc', # is working fine
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.misc.apps.MiscConfig',
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.asset.apps.AssetConfig',
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.cisco.apps.CiscoConfig',
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.peripheral.apps.PeripheralConfig',
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.concierge.apps.ConciergeConfig',
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.address.apps.AddressConfig',
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.customer.apps.CustomerConfig',
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.service.apps.ServiceConfig',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
]

```

But if I register the app like this:

```python
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.misc',
    'invdb_v3_apps.misc.apps.MiscConfig', # ends up in django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Cannot import 'misc'. Check that 'invdb_v3_apps.misc.apps.MiscConfig.name' is correct.
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.asset.apps.AssetConfig',
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.cisco.apps.CiscoConfig',
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.peripheral.apps.PeripheralConfig',
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.concierge.apps.ConciergeConfig',
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.address.apps.AddressConfig',
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.customer.apps.CustomerConfig',
    # 'invdb_v3_apps.service.apps.ServiceConfig',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
]

```

I will get the following error:

```bash
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | Watching for file changes with StatReloader
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | Exception in thread django-main-thread:
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | Traceback (most recent call last):
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/apps/config.py", line 156, in create
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | app_module = import_module(app_name)
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/importlib/ __init__.py", line 127, in import_module
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1030, in _gcd_import
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 984, in _find_and_load_unlocked
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'misc'
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django |
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | 
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | Traceback (most recent call last):
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/threading.py", line 954, in _bootstrap_inner
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | self.run()
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/threading.py", line 892, in run
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/utils/autoreload.py", line 53, in wrapper
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | fn(*args, **kwargs)
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 110, in inner_run
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | autoreload.raise_last_exception()
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/utils/autoreload.py", line 76, in raise_last_exception
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | raise _exception[1]
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/core/management/ __init__.py", line 357, in execute
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | autoreload.check_errors(django.setup)()
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/utils/autoreload.py", line 53, in wrapper
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | fn(*args, **kwargs)
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/ __init__.py", line 24, in setup
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 91, in populate
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | app_config = AppConfig.create(entry)
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/apps/config.py", line 158, in create
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | raise ImproperlyConfigured(
invdb_v3_python_3.9.1_django | django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Cannot import 'misc'. Check that 'invdb_v3_apps.misc.apps.MiscConfig.name' is correct.

```

The app’s configuration file `invdb_v3_apps/misc/apps.py ` looks like:

```python
from django.apps import AppConfig

class MiscConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'misc'
    verbose_name = 'Sonstiges'

```

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**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/improperlyconfigured-apps-in-folder-problems-when-configuring-application/7685/2 "2021-04-26T13:38:00Z")

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From the docs for the [AppConfig.name](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/applications/#django.apps.AppConfig.name) attribute:

> Full Python path to the application, e.g. `'django.contrib.admin'` .

Try setting the name attribute to ‘invdb\_v3\_apps.misc’.

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**Author:** ![hwdevops](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/hwdevops/32/3263_2.png) [@hwdevops](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/hwdevops)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/improperlyconfigured-apps-in-folder-problems-when-configuring-application/7685/3 "2021-04-27T06:18:33Z")

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Appreciate your response, excellent support.

I change the app configuration to:

```python
from django.apps import AppConfig

class MiscConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'invdb_v3_apps.misc'
    verbose_name = 'Sonstiges'

```

and registered the app with

```python
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'invdb_v3_apps.misc.apps.MiscConfig',
   ...

```

Now it’s working well 🙂