diff --git a/evennia/accounts/admin.py b/evennia/accounts/admin.py
index 9e245068db..7dbe34f93a 100644
--- a/evennia/accounts/admin.py
+++ b/evennia/accounts/admin.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class AccountForm(forms.ModelForm):
     class Meta(object):
         model = AccountDB
         fields = "__all__"
+        app_label = "accounts"
 
     db_key = forms.RegexField(
         label="Username",
diff --git a/evennia/accounts/models.py b/evennia/accounts/models.py
index 53ba05ea78..18f2dd9bf0 100644
--- a/evennia/accounts/models.py
+++ b/evennia/accounts/models.py
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ class AccountDB(TypedObject, AbstractUser):
     __applabel__ = "accounts"
     __settingsclasspath__ = settings.BASE_SCRIPT_TYPECLASS
 
-    class Meta(object):
-        verbose_name = "Account"
+   #  class Meta:
+   #      verbose_name = "Account"
 
     # cmdset_storage property
     # This seems very sensitive to caching, so leaving it be for now /Griatch
diff --git a/evennia/typeclasses/models.py b/evennia/typeclasses/models.py
index c6869b339f..ef7ec2918b 100644
--- a/evennia/typeclasses/models.py
+++ b/evennia/typeclasses/models.py
@@ -105,9 +105,20 @@ class TypeclassBase(SharedMemoryModelBase):
         attrs["path"] = "%s.%s" % (attrs["__module__"], name)
 
         # typeclass proxy setup
-        if "Meta" not in attrs:
+        app_label = None
+        # first check explicit __applabel__ on the typeclass
+        if "__applabel__" not in attrs:
+            # find the app-label in one of the bases, usually the dbmodel
+            for base in bases:
+                try:
+                    attrs["__applabel__"] = base.__applabel__
+                except AttributeError:
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    break
 
-            class Meta(object):
+        if "Meta" not in attrs:
+            class Meta:
                 proxy = True
                 app_label = attrs.get("__applabel__", "typeclasses")