diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 3b14987ebd..f3b8e598aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ jobs:
   lint-python:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
+      - name: Set python env
+        run: echo "PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/django/projects/" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
diff --git a/django/requirements-types.txt b/django/requirements-types.txt
index 6a499eb4d9..1dec9daeff 100644
--- a/django/requirements-types.txt
+++ b/django/requirements-types.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#django-stubs==5.1.1
+django-stubs==5.1.1
 types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20241003
 types-docutils==0.21.0.20241128
 types-requests==2.32.0.20241016
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b775138864..4e9adc0263 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 [mypy]
 check_untyped_defs = True
 ignore_missing_imports = True
+disable_error_code = import-untyped
 warn_incomplete_stub = False
+plugins = mypy_django_plugin.main
+
+[mypy.plugins.django-stubs]
+django_settings_module = 'mysite.settings'
+strict_settings = False
 
 [mypy-applications.catmaid.migrations.*]
 ignore_errors = True