diff --git a/axes/admin.py b/axes/admin.py
index a6c8eb5..41ec3e2 100644
--- a/axes/admin.py
+++ b/axes/admin.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
-from axes.models import AccessLog
-from axes.models import AccessAttempt
+from axes.models import AccessAttempt, AccessLog
 
 
 @admin.register(AccessAttempt)
diff --git a/axes/checks.py b/axes/checks.py
index 2e92af1..c191db4 100644
--- a/axes/checks.py
+++ b/axes/checks.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.core.checks import Error, Tags, register
 
-from django.conf import settings
+from axes.conf import settings
 
 
 class Messages:
diff --git a/axes/handlers.py b/axes/handlers.py
index 0845356..7252a47 100644
--- a/axes/handlers.py
+++ b/axes/handlers.py
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ import logging
 
 from django.utils.timezone import now
 
-from axes.conf import settings
 from axes.attempts import get_cache_key
 from axes.attempts import get_cache_timeout
 from axes.attempts import get_user_attempts
 from axes.attempts import is_user_lockable
 from axes.attempts import ip_in_whitelist
 from axes.attempts import reset_user_attempts
+from axes.conf import settings
 from axes.exceptions import AxesSignalPermissionDenied
 from axes.models import AccessLog, AccessAttempt
 from axes.signals import user_locked_out
diff --git a/axes/tests/test_access_attempt.py b/axes/tests/test_access_attempt.py
index bcca28f..5eadb2e 100644
--- a/axes/tests/test_access_attempt.py
+++ b/axes/tests/test_access_attempt.py
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ import string
 import time
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
-from django.http import HttpRequest
-from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
-from django.urls import reverse
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.http import HttpRequest
+from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 from django.test.client import RequestFactory
+from django.urls import reverse
 
-from axes.conf import settings
 from axes.attempts import get_cache_key
+from axes.conf import settings
 from axes.models import AccessAttempt, AccessLog
 from axes.signals import user_locked_out
 from axes.utils import reset
diff --git a/axes/tests/test_checks.py b/axes/tests/test_checks.py
index 9a954d5..fe58f47 100644
--- a/axes/tests/test_checks.py
+++ b/axes/tests/test_checks.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from django.core.checks import run_checks, Error
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 
 from axes.checks import Messages, Hints, Codes
+from axes.conf import settings
 
 
 class CacheCheckTestCase(TestCase):