diff --git a/hawk/settings/base.py b/hawk/settings/base.py
index 86dcac7..65f0f46 100644
--- a/hawk/settings/base.py
+++ b/hawk/settings/base.py
@@ -103,3 +103,7 @@
 
 MAINTENANCE_MODE_STATE_FILE_PATH = "maintenance"
 MAINTENANCE_MODE_RETRY_AFTER = 60  # one minute
+
+HAWK = {
+    "SLUG_LENGTH": 8
+}
diff --git a/hawk_gui/models.py b/hawk_gui/models.py
index f27634b..9c13d59 100644
--- a/hawk_gui/models.py
+++ b/hawk_gui/models.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import random
-
 import string
+
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 from django.utils.html import format_html
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ def save(self, **kwargs):
                 slug = "".join(
                     random.choices(
                         string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits,
-                        k=self._meta.get_field("slug").max_length,
+                        k=settings.HAWK['SLUG_LENGTH'],
                     )
                 )
                 # We said unique slug