diff --git a/backend/api/settings.py b/backend/api/settings.py
index deecec2..5dcddaa 100644
--- a/backend/api/settings.py
+++ b/backend/api/settings.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     'rest_framework_simplejwt.token_blacklist',
     'corsheaders',
 
-    'phonenumber_field',
+    # 'phonenumber_field',
     # 'barcode_field'
     # 'django_rdkit',
 
diff --git a/backend/locations/models.py b/backend/locations/models.py
index c389907..34c1abe 100644
--- a/backend/locations/models.py
+++ b/backend/locations/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.db import models
-from phonenumber_field.modelfields import PhoneNumberField
+# from phonenumber_field.modelfields import PhoneNumberField
 
 
 class Building(models.Model):
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Meta:
 
 class PhoneNumber(models.Model):
     room = models.ForeignKey(Room, on_delete=models.PROTECT, related_name='phones')
-    number = PhoneNumberField(unique=True)
+    number = models.CharField(max_length=20, unique=True)  # PhoneNumberField(unique=True)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return f"{self.room.__str__()}: {self.number}"