diff --git a/signup/forms.py b/signup/forms.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a5a67d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/signup/forms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Form(s) for the signup app.
+"""
+from django import forms
+from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm
+
+from users.models import User
+
+class SignupForm(UserCreationForm):
+	"""
+	The form for the signup page.
+	"""
+	email = forms.EmailField(max_length=254, help_text="Must be a valid email address.")
+
+	class Meta:
+		model = User
+		fields = ('username', 'email', 'password1', 'password2')
diff --git a/signup/jinja2/signup/index.html b/signup/jinja2/signup/index.html
index 5bb27a8..504cfe8 100644
--- a/signup/jinja2/signup/index.html
+++ b/signup/jinja2/signup/index.html
@@ -1,24 +1,10 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% block title %}Sign up a new account{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
-<h1>Sign up</h1>
-<div id="namePassRules">
-	<p>Username rules:
-	<ul>
-		<li>Must be between 3 and 20 characters</li>
-		<li>Can only contain ASCII letters (case sensitive) and numbers</li>
-	</ul>
-	<p>Password rules:
-	<ul>
-		<li>Must be between 8 and 1024 characters</li>
-	</ul>
-</div>
-<form method="post" action="{{ url('signup:index') }}">
-	{{ csrf_input }}
-	<input type="text" placeholder="Username" name="username" maxlength="20" required/><br />
-	<input type="text" placeholder="Email" name="email" maxlength="20" required/><br />
-	<input type="password" placeholder="Password" name="password" maxlength="1024" required/><br />
-	<input type="password" placeholder="Verify password" name="password_verify" maxlength="1024" required/><br />
-	<input type="submit" value="Sign up" name="submit"/>
-</form>
+	<h1>Sign up</h1>
+	<form method="post" action="{{ url('signup:index') }}">
+		{{ csrf_input }}
+		{{ form.as_p() }}
+		<input type="submit" value="Sign up" name="submit"/>
+	</form>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/signup/views.py b/signup/views.py
index a714690..7094cd3 100644
--- a/signup/views.py
+++ b/signup/views.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 """
 /signup app views.
 """
+# TODO: make unique username validation be case insensitive
 from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
 
-from users.models import User
+from .forms import SignupForm
 
 def index(request):
 	"""
@@ -12,7 +13,11 @@ def index(request):
 	"""
 	if request.user.is_authenticated:
 		return redirect('homepage:index')
-	if request.method == "GET":
-		context = {}
-		return render(request, 'signup/index.html', context)
-
+	if request.method == 'POST':
+		form = SignupForm(request.POST)
+		if form.is_valid():
+			form.save()
+			return redirect('login:index')
+	else:
+		form = SignupForm()
+	return render(request, 'signup/index.html', {'form': form})
diff --git a/titivillus/settings.py b/titivillus/settings.py
index 0ae81a6..550ce1e 100644
--- a/titivillus/settings.py
+++ b/titivillus/settings.py
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ DATABASES = {
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 
 AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
-	{
-		'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
-	},
 	{
 		'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
 		'OPTIONS': {
@@ -108,11 +105,11 @@ AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
 			}
 	},
 	{
-		'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
-	},
-	{
-		'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
-	},
+		'NAME': 'users.validators.MaximumLengthValidator',
+		'OPTIONS': {
+			'max_length': 1024,
+			}
+	}
 ]
 
 
@@ -123,9 +120,9 @@ LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
 
 TIME_ZONE = 'America/New_York'
 
-USE_I18N = True
+USE_I18N = False
 
-USE_L10N = True
+USE_L10N = False
 
 USE_TZ = True
 
diff --git a/users/models.py b/users/models.py
index 137f697..90a3f61 100644
--- a/users/models.py
+++ b/users/models.py
@@ -2,29 +2,44 @@
 """
 A custom user model.
 """
+import string
+
 from django.db import models
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
-from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
-from django.contrib.auth.validators import UnicodeUsernameValidator
+from django.core.validators import MinLengthValidator, MaxLengthValidator
+
+from .validators import CharValidator
 
 class User(AbstractUser):
 	"""
 	A custom user model.
 	"""
-	username_validator = UnicodeUsernameValidator()
+	username_char = CharValidator(
+		string.ascii_letters + string.digits,
+		"Username must only contain alphanumeric characters."
+	)
+	username_min = MinLengthValidator(
+		3,
+		"Username must contain more than 3 characters."
+	)
+	username_max = MaxLengthValidator(
+		20,
+		"Username must contain less than 20 characters."
+	)
 	username = models.CharField(
-		_('username'),
+		'username',
 		max_length=20,
 		unique=True,
-		help_text=_("Required. 20 characters or fewer. "
-			+ "Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only."),
-		validators=[username_validator],
+		help_text="Must be between 3 and 20 characters. " \
+			+ "Letters and digits only.",
+		validators=[username_char, username_min, username_max],
 		error_messages={
-			'unique': _("A user with that username already exists."),
-			},)
+			'unique': "A user with that username already exists.",
+		},
+	)
 	first_name = None
 	last_name = None
-	email = models.EmailField(_('email address'))
+	email = models.EmailField('email address')
 
 	def get_full_name(self):
 		return None
diff --git a/users/validators.py b/users/validators.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e08b073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/users/validators.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Some custom validators for the user model.
+"""
+from django.core.validators import BaseValidator
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+
+class MaximumLengthValidator:
+	"""
+	Validate whether the password exceeds a maximum length.
+	"""
+	def __init__(self, max_length=1024):
+		self.max_length = max_length
+
+	def validate(self, password, user=None):
+		if len(password) > self.max_length:
+			raise ValidationError(
+				"This password is too long. It must contain at most " \
+				+ f"{self.max_length} characters.",
+				code="password_too_long",
+				params={'max_length': self.max_length}
+			)
+
+	def get_help_text(self):
+		msg = f"Your password must contain less than {self.max_length} " \
+			+ "characters."
+		return msg
+
+
+class CharValidator(BaseValidator):
+	"""
+	Raises a ValidationError with a code of 'invalid_chars' if value is not
+	a string or contains letters which are not also within limit_value.
+	"""
+	message = 'Ensure this value only contains the characters "%(limit_value)s".'
+	code = 'invalid_chars'
+
+	def compare(self, value, limit_value):
+		assert type(limit_value) == str
+		if type(value) != str:
+			return True
+		for c in value:
+			if c not in limit_value:
+				return True
+		return False