diff --git a/etebase_server/settings.py b/etebase_server/settings.py
index 8ace7bb..e5dad08 100644
--- a/etebase_server/settings.py
+++ b/etebase_server/settings.py
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ config_locations = [
     "/etc/etebase-server/etebase-server.ini",
 ]
 
+ETEBASE_CREATE_USER_FUNC = "django_etebase.utils.create_user_blocked"
+
 # Use config file if present
 if any(os.path.isfile(x) for x in config_locations):
     config = configparser.ConfigParser()
@@ -180,8 +182,6 @@ if any(os.path.isfile(x) for x in config_locations):
         ETEBASE_CREATE_USER_FUNC = "myauth.ldap.create_user"
         ETEBASE_API_PERMISSIONS.append("myauth.ldap.LDAPUserExists")
 
-ETEBASE_CREATE_USER_FUNC = "django_etebase.utils.create_user_blocked"
-
 # Efficient file streaming (for large files)
 SENDFILE_BACKEND = "django_etebase.sendfile.backends.simple"
 SENDFILE_ROOT = MEDIA_URL
diff --git a/myauth/ldap.py b/myauth/ldap.py
index 273834e..1d757e7 100644
--- a/myauth/ldap.py
+++ b/myauth/ldap.py
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ import logging
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django_etebase.utils import CallbackContext
+from myauth.models import get_typed_user_model
 from rest_framework.permissions import BasePermission
 
 import ldap
 
-User = get_user_model()
+User = get_typed_user_model()
 
 def ldap_setting(name, default):
     """Wrapper around django.conf.settings"""
@@ -85,12 +86,11 @@ class LDAPUserExists(BasePermission):
     def has_permission(self, request, view):
         return LDAPConnection.get_instance().has_user(request.user.username)
 
-def create_user(*args, **kwargs):
+def create_user(context: CallbackContext, *args, **kwargs):
     """
     A create_user function which first checks if the user already exists in the
     configured LDAP directory.
     """
     if not LDAPConnection.get_instance().has_user(kwargs["username"]):
         raise PermissionDenied("User not in the LDAP directory.")
-    _ = kwargs.pop("view")
     return User.objects.create_user(*args, **kwargs)