diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38a3e6b..3ce20c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ You will run `migrate` to create/migrate the useraudit DB tables. Ex:
 ```
 $ ./manage.py migrate useraudit
 ```
+Then add useraudit to your project url for the activate link to work in django admin.
+
+```
+...
+url(r'^useraudit/', include('useraudit.urls')),
+...
+```
+
 
 ### Model changes for password expiration
 
diff --git a/useraudit/backend.py b/useraudit/backend.py
index aee1140..99abe3d 100644
--- a/useraudit/backend.py
+++ b/useraudit/backend.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def user_pre_save(sender, instance=None, raw=False, **kwargs):
     # that the user isn't inactivated on next login by the AuthFailedLoggerBackend
     current_user = sender.objects.get(pk=user.pk)
     if not current_user.is_active and user.is_active:
-        LoginAttemptLogger().reset(user.username)
+        LoginAttemptLogger().reset(user.get_username())
 
 
 class AuthFailedLoggerBackend(object):
diff --git a/useraudit/middleware.py b/useraudit/middleware.py
index 6e1c001..30466ae 100644
--- a/useraudit/middleware.py
+++ b/useraudit/middleware.py
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 import threading
+try:
+    from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
+except ImportError:
+    class MiddlewareMixin(object):
+        def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            pass
 
 thread_data = threading.local()
 
@@ -6,8 +12,7 @@
 def get_request():
     return getattr(thread_data, 'request', None)
 
-
-class RequestToThreadLocalMiddleware(object):
+class RequestToThreadLocalMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
 
     def process_request(self, request):
         thread_data.request = request
diff --git a/useraudit/models.py b/useraudit/models.py
index 79f8cdb..45a5159 100644
--- a/useraudit/models.py
+++ b/useraudit/models.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import datetime
 import logging
 from django.db import models
+from django.utils import timezone
 from django.contrib.auth.signals import user_logged_in
 from .signals import password_has_expired, account_has_expired, login_failure_limit_reached
 
@@ -20,14 +21,14 @@ class LoginAttemptLogger(object):
     def reset(self, username):
         defaults = {
             'count': 0,
-            'timestamp': datetime.datetime.now()
+            'timestamp': timezone.now()
         }
         LoginAttempt.objects.update_or_create(username=username, defaults=defaults)
 
     def increment(self, username):
         obj, created = LoginAttempt.objects.get_or_create(username=username)
         obj.count += 1
-        obj.timestamp = datetime.datetime.now()
+        obj.timestamp = timezone.now()
         obj.save()