diff --git a/.secrets.baseline b/.secrets.baseline
index c863757e..6bab73a8 100644
--- a/.secrets.baseline
+++ b/.secrets.baseline
@@ -136,6 +136,15 @@
         "line_number": 20
       }
     ],
+    "conftest.py": [
+      {
+        "type": "Secret Keyword",
+        "filename": "conftest.py",
+        "hashed_secret": "e5e9fa1ba31ecd1ae84f75caaa474f3a663f05f4",
+        "is_verified": false,
+        "line_number": 123
+      }
+    ],
     "docker-compose.yml": [
       {
         "type": "Secret Keyword",
@@ -205,13 +214,54 @@
         "line_number": 19
       }
     ],
-    "conftest.py": [
+    "testapp/main/settings/dev.py": [
       {
         "type": "Secret Keyword",
-        "filename": "conftest.py",
-        "hashed_secret": "e5e9fa1ba31ecd1ae84f75caaa474f3a663f05f4",
+        "filename": "testapp/main/settings/dev.py",
+        "hashed_secret": "6367c48dd193d56ea7b0baad25b19455e529f5ee",
         "is_verified": false,
-        "line_number": 123
+        "line_number": 17
+      }
+    ],
+    "testapp/main/settings/example.dev.py": [
+      {
+        "type": "Secret Keyword",
+        "filename": "testapp/main/settings/example.dev.py",
+        "hashed_secret": "6367c48dd193d56ea7b0baad25b19455e529f5ee",
+        "is_verified": false,
+        "line_number": 14
+      }
+    ],
+    "testapp/main/settings/shared.py": [
+      {
+        "type": "Secret Keyword",
+        "filename": "testapp/main/settings/shared.py",
+        "hashed_secret": "8f2581750096043a1c68bedea8cfa6e13ad1a2e4",
+        "is_verified": false,
+        "line_number": 40
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "Basic Auth Credentials",
+        "filename": "testapp/main/settings/shared.py",
+        "hashed_secret": "afc848c316af1a89d49826c5ae9d00ed769415f3",
+        "is_verified": false,
+        "line_number": 122
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "Secret Keyword",
+        "filename": "testapp/main/settings/shared.py",
+        "hashed_secret": "9bc34549d565d9505b287de0cd20ac77be1d3f2c",
+        "is_verified": false,
+        "line_number": 202
+      }
+    ],
+    "testapp/main/settings/test.py": [
+      {
+        "type": "Secret Keyword",
+        "filename": "testapp/main/settings/test.py",
+        "hashed_secret": "6367c48dd193d56ea7b0baad25b19455e529f5ee",
+        "is_verified": false,
+        "line_number": 9
       }
     ],
     "tests/common/utils/test_urls.py": [
@@ -267,57 +317,7 @@
         "is_verified": false,
         "line_number": 29
       }
-    ],
-    "testapp/main/settings/dev.py": [
-      {
-        "type": "Secret Keyword",
-        "filename": "testapp/main/settings/dev.py",
-        "hashed_secret": "6367c48dd193d56ea7b0baad25b19455e529f5ee",
-        "is_verified": false,
-        "line_number": 17
-      }
-    ],
-    "testapp/main/settings/example.dev.py": [
-      {
-        "type": "Secret Keyword",
-        "filename": "testapp/main/settings/example.dev.py",
-        "hashed_secret": "6367c48dd193d56ea7b0baad25b19455e529f5ee",
-        "is_verified": false,
-        "line_number": 14
-      }
-    ],
-    "testapp/main/settings/shared.py": [
-      {
-        "type": "Secret Keyword",
-        "filename": "testapp/main/settings/shared.py",
-        "hashed_secret": "8f2581750096043a1c68bedea8cfa6e13ad1a2e4",
-        "is_verified": false,
-        "line_number": 40
-      },
-      {
-        "type": "Basic Auth Credentials",
-        "filename": "testapp/main/settings/shared.py",
-        "hashed_secret": "afc848c316af1a89d49826c5ae9d00ed769415f3",
-        "is_verified": false,
-        "line_number": 120
-      },
-      {
-        "type": "Secret Keyword",
-        "filename": "testapp/main/settings/shared.py",
-        "hashed_secret": "9bc34549d565d9505b287de0cd20ac77be1d3f2c",
-        "is_verified": false,
-        "line_number": 200
-      }
-    ],
-    "testapp/main/settings/test.py": [
-      {
-        "type": "Secret Keyword",
-        "filename": "testapp/main/settings/test.py",
-        "hashed_secret": "6367c48dd193d56ea7b0baad25b19455e529f5ee",
-        "is_verified": false,
-        "line_number": 9
-      }
     ]
   },
-  "generated_at": "2025-02-26T21:06:50Z"
+  "generated_at": "2025-02-27T14:23:42Z"
 }
diff --git a/testapp/main/settings/shared.py b/testapp/main/settings/shared.py
index e9d9e34a..bee80636 100644
--- a/testapp/main/settings/shared.py
+++ b/testapp/main/settings/shared.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]
 
+AUTH_USER_MODEL = "users.User"
 
 # Application definition
 
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@
     "mitol.transcoding.apps.Transcoding",
     # test app, integrates the reusable apps
     "main",
+    "users",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
diff --git a/testapp/users/__init__.py b/testapp/users/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/testapp/users/admin.py b/testapp/users/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..846f6b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testapp/users/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Register your models here.
diff --git a/testapp/users/apps.py b/testapp/users/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88f7b179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testapp/users/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class UsersConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+    name = "users"
diff --git a/testapp/users/migrations/0001_initial.py b/testapp/users/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..634bd9b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testapp/users/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.16 on 2025-02-27 14:21
+
+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="User",
+            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/testapp/users/migrations/__init__.py b/testapp/users/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/testapp/users/models.py b/testapp/users/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75843bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testapp/users/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
+
+
+# Create your models here.
+class User(AbstractUser):
+    """Custom user"""
diff --git a/testapp/users/tests.py b/testapp/users/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a39b155a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testapp/users/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/testapp/users/views.py b/testapp/users/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60f00ef0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testapp/users/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Create your views here.