# 63 Refactoring

* refactors django User model to custom User model to provide further attributes and methods directly on the user model

user/views.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from user.models import User
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect, get_object_or_404
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from konova.contexts import BaseContext
 from konova.decorators import any_group_check
 from user.forms import UserNotificationForm, UserContactForm
-from user.models import KonovaUserExtension
 
 
 @login_required
@@ -43,9 +42,6 @@ def notifications_view(request: HttpRequest):
     """
     template = "user/notifications.html"
     user = request.user
-    konova_ext = KonovaUserExtension.objects.get_or_create(
-        user=user
-    )[0]
 
     form = UserNotificationForm(user=user, data=request.POST or None)
     if request.method == "POST":
@@ -65,7 +61,6 @@ def notifications_view(request: HttpRequest):
     context = {
         "user": user,
         "form": form,
-        "konova_ext": konova_ext,
     }
     context = BaseContext(request, context).context
     return render(request, template, context)