diff --git a/admin/views.py b/admin/views.py
index fd4ead4..8b71baf 100644
--- a/admin/views.py
+++ b/admin/views.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def user_create(request):
 @superuser_only
 def user_update(request, pk):
     user = get_object_or_404(User, pk=pk)
-    attributes = UserAttributes.objects.get(user=user)
+    attributes, attributes_created = UserAttributes.objects.get_or_create(user=user)
     user_form = forms.UserForm(request.POST or None, instance=user)
     attributes_form = forms.UserAttributesForm(
         request.POST or None, instance=attributes
diff --git a/instances/utils.py b/instances/utils.py
index 53752b6..f9f5dcf 100644
--- a/instances/utils.py
+++ b/instances/utils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os
 import random
 import string
 
-from accounts.models import UserInstance
+from accounts.models import UserInstance, UserAttributes
 from appsettings.settings import app_settings
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def get_clone_free_names(size=10):
 
 
 def check_user_quota(user, instance, cpu, memory, disk_size):
-    ua = user.userattributes
+    ua, attributes_created = UserAttributes.objects.get_or_create(user=user)
     msg = ""
 
     if user.is_superuser: