diff --git a/smartmin/models.py b/smartmin/models.py
index ed6d295..cc82e1c 100644
--- a/smartmin/models.py
+++ b/smartmin/models.py
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
+from django.db.models.signals import post_migrate
 from django.utils import timezone
 
+from .perms import sync_permissions
+
+post_migrate.connect(sync_permissions)
+
 
 class SmartImportRowError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, message):
diff --git a/smartmin/users/perms.py b/smartmin/perms.py
similarity index 100%
rename from smartmin/users/perms.py
rename to smartmin/perms.py
diff --git a/smartmin/users/models.py b/smartmin/users/models.py
index 2108055..d534e7d 100644
--- a/smartmin/users/models.py
+++ b/smartmin/users/models.py
@@ -4,13 +4,8 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.hashers import check_password
 from django.db import models
-from django.db.models.signals import post_migrate
 from django.utils import timezone
 
-from .perms import sync_permissions
-
-post_migrate.connect(sync_permissions)
-
 
 def is_password_complex(password):
     has_caps = re.search("[A-Z]+", password)
diff --git a/test_runner/blog/tests.py b/test_runner/blog/tests.py
index 5200c5f..d0f0041 100644
--- a/test_runner/blog/tests.py
+++ b/test_runner/blog/tests.py
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 import smartmin
 from smartmin.csv_imports.models import ImportTask
 from smartmin.models import SmartImportRowError
+from smartmin.perms import update_group_permissions
 from smartmin.templatetags.smartmin import get, get_value_from_view, user_as_string, view_as_json
 from smartmin.tests import SmartminTest
 from smartmin.users.models import FailedLogin, PasswordHistory, RecoveryToken, is_password_complex
-from smartmin.users.perms import update_group_permissions
 from smartmin.views import smart_url
 from smartmin.widgets import DatePickerWidget, ImageThumbnailWidget
 from test_runner.blog.models import Category, Post