diff --git a/app/apps/common/middleware/localization.py b/app/apps/common/middleware/localization.py
index 8ab99f5..76c43ac 100644
--- a/app/apps/common/middleware/localization.py
+++ b/app/apps/common/middleware/localization.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import zoneinfo
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import activate
 
+from apps.users.utils.user_settings import ensure_user_settings
+
 
 class LocalizationMiddleware:
     def __init__(self, get_response):
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ class LocalizationMiddleware:
     def __call__(self, request):
         tz = request.COOKIES.get("mytz")
         if request.user.is_authenticated:
-            user_settings = request.user.settings
+            user_settings = ensure_user_settings(request.user)
             user_language = user_settings.language
             user_timezone = user_settings.timezone
         else:
diff --git a/app/apps/users/utils/__init__.py b/app/apps/users/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/app/apps/users/utils/user_settings.py b/app/apps/users/utils/user_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7003bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/apps/users/utils/user_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from apps.users.models import UserSettings
+
+
+User = get_user_model()
+
+
+def ensure_user_settings(user):
+    """
+    Check if the given user has a UserSettings model.
+    If not, create one.
+    """
+    if not hasattr(user, "settings"):
+        UserSettings.objects.create(user=user)
+
+    return user.settings