diff --git a/apps/authorization/serializers/common.py b/apps/authorization/serializers/common.py
index 4ebc1c99..ab1dc00d 100644
--- a/apps/authorization/serializers/common.py
+++ b/apps/authorization/serializers/common.py
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ class SignupSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
             if account_models.User.objects.filter(username__iexact=value).exists():
                 raise serializers.ValidationError()
 
-        else:
-            value = utils_methods.username_random()
-            while account_models.User.objects.filter(username__iexact=value).exists():
-                value = utils_methods.username_random()
-
         return value
 
     def validate_email(self, value):
@@ -67,6 +62,13 @@ class SignupSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
     def create(self, validated_data):
         """Overridden create method"""
+
+        username = validated_data.get('username')
+        if not username:
+            username = utils_methods.username_random()
+            while account_models.User.objects.filter(username__iexact=username).exists():
+                username = utils_methods.username_random()
+
         obj = account_models.User.objects.make(
             username=validated_data.get('username'),
             password=validated_data.get('password'),
diff --git a/apps/utils/methods.py b/apps/utils/methods.py
index 71101a9e..4928382f 100644
--- a/apps/utils/methods.py
+++ b/apps/utils/methods.py
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ import logging
 import random
 import re
 import string
-from io import BytesIO
-from PIL import Image
 from collections import namedtuple
+from io import BytesIO
 
 import requests
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.contrib.gis.geos import Point
 from django.http.request import HttpRequest
 from django.utils.timezone import datetime
+from PIL import Image
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.request import Request
 
@@ -57,9 +57,14 @@ def username_validator(username: str) -> bool:
 
 def username_random():
     """Generate random username"""
-    return '{letters}{digits}'.format(
-        letters=''.join([random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(5)]),
+    username = list('{letters}{digits}'.format(
+        letters=''.join([random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(4)]),
         digits=random.randrange(100, 1000)
+    ))
+    random.shuffle(username)
+    return '{first}{username}'.format(
+        first=random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase),
+        username=''.join(username)
     )