diff --git a/voseq/public_interface/__init__.py b/voseq/public_interface/__init__.py
index e69de29b..1d968295 100644
--- a/voseq/public_interface/__init__.py
+++ b/voseq/public_interface/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+default_app_config = 'public_interface.apps.PublicInterfaceConfig'
diff --git a/voseq/public_interface/apps.py b/voseq/public_interface/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9bd9679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/voseq/public_interface/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class PublicInterfaceConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'public_interface'
+    verbose_name = 'Biological data'