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diff --git a/longusername/models.py b/longusername/models.py
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+from django.db.models.signals import class_prepared
+
+def longer_username(sender, *args, **kwargs):
+    # You can't just do `if sender == django.contrib.auth.models.User`
+    # because you would have to import the model
+    # You have to test using __name__ and __module__
+    if sender.__name__ == "User" and sender.__module__ == "django.contrib.auth.models":
+        sender._meta.get_field("username").max_length = 75
+
+class_prepared.connect(longer_username)