diff --git a/TeamForge/settings.py b/TeamForge/settings.py
index f7ffba2..da3e0e5 100644
--- a/TeamForge/settings.py
+++ b/TeamForge/settings.py
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ STATICFILES_DIRS = [BASE_DIR / "static"]
 MEDIA_URL = "media/"
 MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "media"
 
+AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
+    "rules.permissions.ObjectPermissionBackend",
+    "django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend",
+]
+
 CONSTANCE_BACKEND = "constance.backends.database.DatabaseBackend"
 CONSTANCE_CONFIG = {
     "TF_CLUB_NAME": (config("TF_CLUB_NAME", default="TeamForge", cast=str), "Club Name", str),
diff --git a/members/apps.py b/members/apps.py
index 85a1306..e5e55eb 100644
--- a/members/apps.py
+++ b/members/apps.py
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ from django.apps import AppConfig
 
 class MembersConfig(AppConfig):
     name = "members"
+
+    def ready(self):
+        # noinspection PyUnusedImports
+        import members.signals
diff --git a/members/signals.py b/members/signals.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b5b0c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/members/signals.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import secrets
+
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.db.models.signals import post_save
+from django.dispatch import receiver
+
+from .models import Member
+
+User = get_user_model()
+
+
+@receiver(post_save, sender=User)
+def create_member_profile(instance, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+    """Creates a Member profile for a newly created user."""
+    member, created = Member.objects.get_or_create(user=instance)
+
+    if not member.access_token:
+        member.access_token = secrets.token_urlsafe(64)
+        member.save(update_fields=["access_token"])
diff --git a/members/tests.py b/members/tests.py
index 7ce503c..0aa0500 100644
--- a/members/tests.py
+++ b/members/tests.py
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
 from django.test import TestCase
 
-# Create your tests here.
+User = get_user_model()
+
+
+class MembersTestCase(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user_a = User.objects.create(username="user_a", first_name="User", last_name="A", email="user_a@test.com")
+
+    def testMemberName(self):
+        self.assertEqual(str(self.user_a.member), "User A")
+
+    def testMemberCreation(self):
+        self.assertTrue(hasattr(self.user_a, "member"))
+
+    def testMemberManager(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.user_a.has_perm("members.member_manager"))
+        self.assertFalse(self.user_a.has_perm("members.add_member"))
+        self.assertFalse(self.user_a.is_superuser)
+
+        member_manager_permission = Permission.objects.get(codename="member_manager")
+
+        self.user_a.user_permissions.add(member_manager_permission)
+        self.user_a = User.objects.get(pk=self.user_a.pk)
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.user_a.has_perm("members.member_manager"))
+        self.assertTrue(self.user_a.has_perm("members.add_member"))
+        self.assertFalse(self.user_a.is_superuser)
diff --git a/members/views.py b/members/views.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 91ea44a..0000000
--- a/members/views.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from django.shortcuts import render
-
-# Create your views here.