diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6e4761..ed8f6af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+media/
+static/
+.idea/
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/app/conf/__init__.py b/app/conf/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/app/conf/asgi.py b/app/conf/asgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..444f807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/conf/asgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+ASGI config for conf project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "conf.settings")
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/app/conf/settings/__init__.py b/app/conf/settings/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49202e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/conf/settings/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .local import *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/conf/settings/base.py b/app/conf/settings/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b813523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/conf/settings/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import environ
+
+ROOT_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parent.parent.parent
+env = environ.Env()
+
+READ_DOT_ENV_FILE = env.bool("DJANGO_READ_DOT_ENV_FILE", default=True)
+if READ_DOT_ENV_FILE:
+    # OS environment variables take precedence over variables from .env
+    env.read_env(str(ROOT_DIR / ".env"))
+
+# GENERAL
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#debug
+DEBUG = env.bool("DJANGO_DEBUG", False)
+# Local time zone. Choices are
+# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
+# though not all of them may be available with every OS.
+# In Windows, this must be set to your system time zone.
+TIME_ZONE = "Europe/Moscow"
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#language-code
+LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#site-id
+SITE_ID = 1
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#use-i18n
+USE_I18N = True
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#use-l10n
+USE_L10N = True
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#use-tz
+USE_TZ = True
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#locale-paths
+LOCALE_PATHS = [str(ROOT_DIR / "locale")]
+
+# DATABASES
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#databases
+DATABASES = {"default": env.db("DATABASE_URL")}
+DATABASES["default"]["ATOMIC_REQUESTS"] = True
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/settings/#std:setting-DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+
+# URLS
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#root-urlconf
+ROOT_URLCONF = "conf.urls"
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#wsgi-application
+WSGI_APPLICATION = "conf.wsgi.application"
+
+# APPS
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DJANGO_APPS = [
+    "django.contrib.auth",
+    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
+    "django.contrib.sessions",
+    "django.contrib.sites",
+    "django.contrib.messages",
+    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
+    "django.contrib.humanize",
+    "django.contrib.admin",
+    "django.forms",
+]
+THIRD_PARTY_APPS = [
+    "rest_framework",
+    "corsheaders",
+]
+
+LOCAL_APPS = ["users"]
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#installed-apps
+INSTALLED_APPS = DJANGO_APPS + THIRD_PARTY_APPS + LOCAL_APPS
+
+# AUTHENTICATION
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#authentication-backends
+AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
+    "django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend",
+]
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#auth-user-model
+AUTH_USER_MODEL = "users.User"
+
+# PASSWORDS
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator"
+    },
+    {"NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator"},
+    {"NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator"},
+    {"NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator"},
+]
+
+# MIDDLEWARE
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#middleware
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.common.BrokenLinkEmailsMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
+]
+
+# TEMPLATES
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#templates
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#std:setting-TEMPLATES-BACKEND
+        "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
+        # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#dirs
+        "DIRS": [str(ROOT_DIR / "templates")],
+        # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#app-dirs
+        "APP_DIRS": True,
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-context-processors
+            "context_processors": [
+                "django.template.context_processors.debug",
+                "django.template.context_processors.request",
+                "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
+                "django.template.context_processors.i18n",
+                "django.template.context_processors.media",
+                "django.template.context_processors.static",
+                "django.template.context_processors.tz",
+                "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
+            ],
+        },
+    }
+]
+
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#form-renderer
+FORM_RENDERER = "django.forms.renderers.TemplatesSetting"
+
+# FIXTURES
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#fixture-dirs
+FIXTURE_DIRS = (str(ROOT_DIR / "fixtures"),)
+
+# SECURITY
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#session-cookie-httponly
+SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#csrf-cookie-httponly
+CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secure-browser-xss-filter
+SECURE_BROWSER_XSS_FILTER = True
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#x-frame-options
+X_FRAME_OPTIONS = "DENY"
+
+# ADMIN
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Django Admin URL.
+ADMIN_URL = "admin/"
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#admins
+ADMINS = [("""sanspie""", "alexandr.d.karpov@gmail.com")]
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#managers
+MANAGERS = ADMINS
+
+# LOGGING
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#logging
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
+# more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
+LOGGING = {
+    "version": 1,
+    "disable_existing_loggers": False,
+    "formatters": {
+        "verbose": {
+            "format": "%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(module)s "
+            "%(process)d %(thread)d %(message)s"
+        }
+    },
+    "handlers": {
+        "console": {
+            "level": "DEBUG",
+            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+            "formatter": "verbose",
+        }
+    },
+    "root": {"level": "INFO", "handlers": ["console"]},
+}
+
+# Celery
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if USE_TZ:
+    # https://docs.celeryq.dev/en/stable/userguide/configuration.html#std:setting-timezone
+    CELERY_TIMEZONE = TIME_ZONE
+# https://docs.celeryq.dev/en/stable/userguide/configuration.html#std:setting-broker_url
+CELERY_BROKER_URL = env("CELERY_BROKER_URL")
+# https://docs.celeryq.dev/en/stable/userguide/configuration.html#std:setting-result_backend
+CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = CELERY_BROKER_URL
+# https://docs.celeryq.dev/en/stable/userguide/configuration.html#std:setting-accept_content
+CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT = ["json"]
+# https://docs.celeryq.dev/en/stable/userguide/configuration.html#std:setting-task_serializer
+CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = "json"
+# https://docs.celeryq.dev/en/stable/userguide/configuration.html#std:setting-result_serializer
+CELERY_RESULT_SERIALIZER = "json"
+# https://docs.celeryq.dev/en/stable/userguide/configuration.html#task-time-limit
+CELERY_TASK_TIME_LIMIT = 5 * 60
+# https://docs.celeryq.dev/en/stable/userguide/configuration.html#task-soft-time-limit
+CELERY_TASK_SOFT_TIME_LIMIT = 60
+# https://docs.celeryq.dev/en/stable/userguide/configuration.html#beat-scheduler
+CELERY_BEAT_SCHEDULER = "django_celery_beat.schedulers:DatabaseScheduler"
+
+
+# django-rest-framework
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    "DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES": (
+        "rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication",
+    ),
+    "DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES": ("rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated",),
+}
+
+# django-cors-headers
+CORS_ALLOW_ALL_ORIGINS = True
diff --git a/app/conf/settings/local.py b/app/conf/settings/local.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5a6c14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/conf/settings/local.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+from .base import *
+from .base import env
+
+# GENERAL
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#debug
+DEBUG = True
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secret-key
+SECRET_KEY = env(
+    "DJANGO_SECRET_KEY",
+    default="7IFkV9gOD8gP3RbPfBuFmcUE4rPVvlnTlVScHr8OBCmHQrA1OIl2la2TJqKIBkTu",
+)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]
+
+# CACHES
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#caches
+CACHES = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache",
+        "LOCATION": "",
+    }
+}
+
+# https://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#internal-ips
+INTERNAL_IPS = ["127.0.0.1"]
+
+# DRF
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+SIMPLE_JWT = {
+    "ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME": timedelta(minutes=10000),
+}
+
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    "DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES": (
+        "rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication",
+    ),
+    "DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES": ("rest_framework.permissions.AllowAny",),
+}
+
+# STATIC
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-root
+STATIC_ROOT = str(ROOT_DIR / "static")
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-url
+STATIC_URL = "/static/"
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/staticfiles/#staticfiles-finders
+STATICFILES_FINDERS = [
+    "django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder",
+    "django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder",
+]
+
+# MEDIA
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#media-root
+MEDIA_ROOT = str(ROOT_DIR / "media")
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#media-url
+MEDIA_URL = "/media/"
diff --git a/app/conf/urls.py b/app/conf/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7faa20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/conf/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""conf URL Configuration
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
+]
diff --git a/app/conf/wsgi.py b/app/conf/wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..720a139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/conf/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+WSGI config for conf project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "conf.settings")
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/app/manage.py b/app/manage.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..39cfb26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Run administrative tasks."""
+    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "conf.settings")
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/app/requirements/base.txt b/app/requirements/base.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ece643a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/requirements/base.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+celery==5.2.7
+djangorestframework==3.14.0
+djangorestframework-simplejwt==5.2.1
+Django==4.1.2
+django-cors-headers==3.13.0
+django-environ==0.9.0
+
+redis==4.3.4
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/users/__init__.py b/app/users/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/app/users/admin.py b/app/users/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c38f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/users/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+# Register your models here.
diff --git a/app/users/apps.py b/app/users/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88f7b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/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/app/users/migrations/0001_initial.py b/app/users/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1560418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/users/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.1.2 on 2022-10-07 19:06
+
+import django.contrib.auth.models
+import django.contrib.auth.validators
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.utils.timezone
+
+
+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",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "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"
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("about", models.TextField(blank=True)),
+                (
+                    "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={
+                "ordering": ["-id"],
+            },
+            managers=[
+                ("objects", django.contrib.auth.models.UserManager()),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/app/users/migrations/__init__.py b/app/users/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/app/users/models.py b/app/users/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a36e606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/users/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class User(AbstractUser):
+    """Base user model, to store all user info"""
+
+    first_name = None
+    last_name = None
+
+    # image = models.ImageField(upload_to=user_file_upload_mixin, blank=True)
+    # image_cropped = models.ImageField(upload_to="cropped/", blank=True)
+
+    about = models.TextField(blank=True)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.username
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ["-id"]
diff --git a/app/users/tests.py b/app/users/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ce503c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/users/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/app/users/views.py b/app/users/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91ea44a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/users/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.