diff --git a/src/wagtail_personalisation/__init__.py b/src/wagtail_personalisation/__init__.py
index e69de29..3c0c97d 100644
--- a/src/wagtail_personalisation/__init__.py
+++ b/src/wagtail_personalisation/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+default_app_config = 'wagtail_personalisation.config.WagtailPersonalisationConfig'
diff --git a/src/wagtail_personalisation/config.py b/src/wagtail_personalisation/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baf1d07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wagtail_personalisation/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+
+class WagtailPersonalisationConfig(AppConfig):
+    label = 'wagtail_personalisation'
+    name = 'wagtail_personalisation'
+    verbose_name = _('Wagtail Personalisation')
+
+    def ready(self):
+        from wagtail_personalisation import receivers
+
+        receivers.register()
diff --git a/src/wagtail_personalisation/models.py b/src/wagtail_personalisation/models.py
index b33b054..c078b88 100644
--- a/src/wagtail_personalisation/models.py
+++ b/src/wagtail_personalisation/models.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import models
-from django.db.models.signals import pre_save
 from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify
-from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
@@ -76,25 +74,6 @@ class Segment(ClusterableModel):
         return segment_rules
 
 
-def check_status_change(sender, instance, *args, **kwargs):
-    """Check if the status has changed. Alter dates accordingly."""
-    try:
-        original_status = sender.objects.get(pk=instance.id).status
-    except sender.DoesNotExist:
-        original_status = ""
-
-    if original_status != instance.status:
-        if instance.status == "enabled":
-            instance.enable_date = timezone.now()
-            instance.visit_count = 0
-            return instance
-        if instance.status == "disabled":
-            instance.disable_date = timezone.now()
-
-
-pre_save.connect(check_status_change, sender=Segment)
-
-
 class PersonalisablePage(Page):
     """The personalisable page model. Allows creation of variants with linked
     segments.
diff --git a/src/wagtail_personalisation/receivers.py b/src/wagtail_personalisation/receivers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9f381f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wagtail_personalisation/receivers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from django.db.models.signals import pre_save
+from django.utils import timezone
+
+from wagtail_personalisation.models import Segment
+
+
+def check_status_change(sender, instance, *args, **kwargs):
+    """Check if the status has changed. Alter dates accordingly."""
+    try:
+        original_status = sender.objects.get(pk=instance.id).status
+    except sender.DoesNotExist:
+        original_status = ""
+
+    if original_status != instance.status:
+        if instance.status == "enabled":
+            instance.enable_date = timezone.now()
+            instance.visit_count = 0
+            return instance
+        if instance.status == "disabled":
+            instance.disable_date = timezone.now()
+
+
+def register():
+    pre_save.connect(check_status_change, sender=Segment)