diff --git a/make_default_user.mk b/make_default_user.mk
index d981cc8aabb4a2b203d4bc0033e2f43da2dbe4dc..ef250ea9f5d33b41d3ddeea65e646eb7dff04234 100644
--- a/make_default_user.mk
+++ b/make_default_user.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .PHONY: make_default_user
 
 make_default_user:
-	@echo "from accounts.models import SkyUser; SkyUser.objects.create_superuser(email='$(USER_EMAIL)',password= 'balkan')" | $(BALKAN) shell || true
+	$(PYTHON) manage.py create_dev_user --email="$(USER_EMAIL)" --password="balkan"
+