diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/.django-app-template/apps.py-tpl b/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/.django-app-template/apps.py-tpl
index 865202f2..cb268f45 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/.django-app-template/apps.py-tpl	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/.django-app-template/apps.py-tpl	
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ from app.base_config import AppConfig
 
 
 class {{ camel_case_app_name }}Config(AppConfig):
+    default = True
     name = "{{ app_name }}"
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/app/apps.py b/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/app/apps.py
index efd3843c..b591ade0 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/app/apps.py	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/app/apps.py	
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-from django.apps import AppConfig as DjangoAppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
+from app.base_config import AppConfig as BaseAppConfig
 
-class AppConfig(DjangoAppConfig):
+
+class AppConfig(BaseAppConfig):
+    default = True
     name = "app"
+    verbose_name = _("Application")
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/app/base_config.py b/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/app/base_config.py
index 84f14dba..3a8df185 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/app/base_config.py	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/app/base_config.py	
@@ -5,16 +5,20 @@
 
 
 class AppConfig(BaseAppConfig):
-    """Default App configuration template. Import app.signals.handers.
+    """Default App configuration template. Imports app.signals.handlers.
 
-    We do not recomend you to use django signals at all.
+    We do not recommend you to use django signals at all.
     Check out https://lincolnloop.com/blog/django-anti-patterns-signals/ if
     you know nothing about that.
 
-    Allthough, if you wish to use signals, place handlers to the `signals/handlers.py`:
-    your code be automatically imported and used.
+    Although, if you wish to use signals, place handlers to the `signals/handlers.py`:
+    your code will be automatically imported and used.
     """
 
+    # Django's `apps.py` scan sees two configs — yours and this one, pulled in by your import.
+    # `False` here, `True` in your subclass: otherwise Django silently takes a plain AppConfig.
+    default = False
+
     def ready(self) -> None:
         """Import a module with handlers if it exists to avoid boilerplate code."""
         with contextlib.suppress(ModuleNotFoundError):
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/app/conf/i18n.py b/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/app/conf/i18n.py
index 040ac52f..951e3de3 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/app/conf/i18n.py	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/app/conf/i18n.py	
@@ -6,5 +6,3 @@
 LOCALE_PATHS = [
     SRC_DIR / ".locale",
 ]
-
-USE_i18N = True
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/users/apps.py b/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/users/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a62a6eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.name }}/src/users/apps.py	
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+
+from app.base_config import AppConfig as BaseAppConfig
+
+
+class AppConfig(BaseAppConfig):
+    default = True
+    name = "users"
+    verbose_name = _("Users")