diff --git a/src/ohmyapi/cli.py b/src/ohmyapi/cli.py
index 6728753..37727e0 100644
--- a/src/ohmyapi/cli.py
+++ b/src/ohmyapi/cli.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def shell(root: str = "."):
     asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
     loop.run_until_complete(init_and_cleanup())
 
-    # Prepare shell vars that are to be directly available
+    # Prepare shell vars that are to be immediately available
     shell_vars = {"p": project}
 
     try:
@@ -150,8 +150,9 @@ def createsuperuser(root: str = "."):
         if password1 != password2:
             print("Passwords didn't match!")
     user = ohmyapi_auth.models.User(
-        email=email, username=username, is_staff=True, is_admin=True
+        username=username, is_staff=True, is_admin=True
     )
+    user.set_email(email)
     user.set_password(password1)
     asyncio.run(project.init_orm())
     asyncio.run(user.save())