diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 7286b15a..9a8fd8e4 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@
     "rosetta",
 )
 
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD='django.db.models.AutoField'
+
 LOCALE_PATHS = (os.path.join(ROOT, "survey", "locale"),)
 LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"
 LANGUAGES = (
diff --git a/survey/settings.py b/survey/settings.py
index fb5e1a84..f1bf62d9 100644
--- a/survey/settings.py
+++ b/survey/settings.py
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = ("survey", "bootstrapform")
 
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD='django.db.models.AutoField'
+
 LOCALE_PATHS = (Path(ROOT, "survey", "locale"),)
 LANGUAGE_CODE = "en"
 LANGUAGES = (