title: django.core.exceptions.AppRegistryNotReady: Apps aren't loaded yet. (django 2.0.1)(Python 3.6)
body: <p>It's my first time trying to deploy a Django app(django 2.0.1)(Python 3.6) to pythonanywhere, it is a simple portfolio app with no models, no bootstrap.
  Just Django, HTML, CSS &amp; Javascript.</p>
  
  <p>After pulling it from the Github repo onto pythnanywhere with their bash console, I run :</p>
  
  <pre><code>python manage.py migrate
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>&amp; was hit with this error :</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 22, in &lt;module&gt;
  execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/home/Limerin555/.virtualenvs/projectenv/lib/python3.6/site-
  packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 371, in 
  execute_from_command_line
  utility.execute()
  File "/home/Limerin555/.virtualenvs/projectenv/lib/python3.6/site-
  packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 365, in execute
  self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/home/Limerin555/.virtualenvs/projectenv/lib/python3.6/site-
  packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 216, in fetch_command
  klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand)
  File "/home/Limerin555/.virtualenvs/projectenv/lib/python3.6/site-
  packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 36, in load_command_class
  module = import_module('%s.management.commands.%s' % (app_name, name))
  File "/home/Limerin555/.virtualenvs/projectenv/lib/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
  return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;", line 978, in _gcd_import
  File "&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;", line 961, in _find_and_load
  File "&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;", line 950, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;", line 655, in _load_unlocked
  File "&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap_external&gt;", line 678, in exec_module
  File "&lt;frozen importlib._bootstrap&gt;", line 205, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/Limerin555/.virtualenvs/projectenv/lib/python3.6/site-
  packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", line 12, in &lt;module&gt;
  from django.db.migrations.autodetector import MigrationAutodetector
  File "/home/Limerin555/.virtualenvs/projectenv/lib/python3.6/site-
  packages/django/db/migrations/autodetector.py", line 11, in &lt;module&gt;
  from django.db.migrations.questioner import MigrationQuestioner
  File "/home/Limerin555/.virtualenvs/projectenv/lib/python3.6/site-
  packages/django/db/migrations/questioner.py", line 9, in &lt;module&gt;
  from .loader import MigrationLoader
  File "/home/Limerin555/.virtualenvs/projectenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/migrations/loader.py", line 8, in &lt;module&gt;
  from django.db.migrations.recorder import MigrationRecorder
  File "/home/Limerin555/.virtualenvs/projectenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/migrations/recorder.py", line 9, in &lt;module&gt;
  class MigrationRecorder:
  File "/home/Limerin555/.virtualenvs/projectenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/migrations/recorder.py", line 22, in MigrationRecorder
  class Migration(models.Model):
  File "/home/Limerin555/.virtualenvs/projectenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 100, in __new__
  app_config = apps.get_containing_app_config(module)
  File "/home/Limerin555/.virtualenvs/projectenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 244, in get_containing_app_config
  self.check_apps_ready()
  File "/home/Limerin555/.virtualenvs/projectenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 127, in check_apps_ready
  raise AppRegistryNotReady("Apps aren't loaded yet.")
  django.core.exceptions.AppRegistryNotReady: Apps aren't loaded yet.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tired looking for solutions everywhere I could possibly find but nothing really helps, I've even tried adding this line to my settings.py :</p>
  
  <pre><code>import django
  django.setup()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>underneath this line :</p>
  
  <pre><code>SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("SECRET_KEY")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>as suggested from <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34114427/django-upgrading-to-1-9-error-appregistrynotready-apps-arent-loaded-yet">this post</a>, but to no avail.</p>
  
  <p>Here is my settings.py :</p>
  
  <pre><code>import os
  
  BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
  TEMPLATE_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates")
  STATIC_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
  
  SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY')
  
  import django
  django.setup()
  
  DEBUG = False
  
  ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["limerin555.pythonanywhere.com"]
  
  INSTALLED_APPS = [
      'django.contrib.contenttypes',
      'django.contrib.admin',
      'django.contrib.auth',
      'django.contrib.sessions',
      'django.contrib.messages',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles',
      'portfolio_showcase',
  ]
  
  MIDDLEWARE = [
      'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
  ]
  
  ROOT_URLCONF = 'limerin.urls'
  
  TEMPLATES = [
      {
          'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
          'DIRS': [TEMPLATE_DIR,],
          'APP_DIRS': True,
          'OPTIONS': {
              'context_processors': [
                  'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                  'django.template.context_processors.request',
                  'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                  'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
              ],
          },
      },
  ]
  
  WSGI_APPLICATION = 'limerin.wsgi.application'
  
  
  DATABASE_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3')
  
  DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
          'NAME': DATABASE_PATH,
      }
  }
  
  
  AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
      {
      'NAME': 
  'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 
  'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 
  'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 
  'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
      },
  ]
  
  LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
  
  TIME_ZONE = 'Asia/Singapore'
  
  USE_I18N = True
  
  USE_L10N = True
  
  USE_TZ = True
  
  
  STATIC_URL = '/static/'
  STATICFILES_DIRS = [
      STATIC_DIR,
  ]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am really lost on this, hoping someone can help shed some light on what's the real problem here.</p>