diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index ea19010..ef21a82 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
 
   # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
   # :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable, :trackable and :omniauthable
-  devise :invitable, :saml_authenticatable, :rememberable, :validatable
+  devise :invitable, :saml_authenticatable, :rememberable
 
   # Method added by Blacklight; Blacklight uses #to_s on your
   # user class to get a user-displayable login/identifier for
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240722150000_change_users_password_to_non_null.rb b/db/migrate/20240722150000_change_users_password_to_non_null.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..467b7ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240722150000_change_users_password_to_non_null.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class ChangeUsersPasswordToNonNull < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
+  def change
+    change_column :users, :encrypted_password, :string, null: true
+  end
+end