NEOMODEL_NEO4J_BOLT_URL = os.environ.get # Make sure django_neomodel comes before your own apps INSTALLED_APPS = Create any constraints or indexes for your labels. This needs to be done after you change your node definitions much like from datetime import datetime from django_neomodel import DjangoNode from neomodel import StructuredNode, StringProperty, DateTimeProperty, UniqueIdProperty class Book : uid = UniqueIdProperty() title = StringProperty status = StringProperty , , , ), default=’Available’) created = DateTimeProperty class Meta: app_label = ‘library’ The following config options are available in django settings .