diff --git a/src/Commands/Generators/Views/usermodel.tpl.php b/src/Commands/Generators/Views/usermodel.tpl.php
index 8937a2978..0ae3650ff 100644
--- a/src/Commands/Generators/Views/usermodel.tpl.php
+++ b/src/Commands/Generators/Views/usermodel.tpl.php
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ class {class} extends ShieldUserModel
 {
     protected function initialize(): void
     {
+        parent::initialize();
+
         $this->allowedFields = [
             ...$this->allowedFields,
 
diff --git a/tests/Commands/UserModelGeneratorTest.php b/tests/Commands/UserModelGeneratorTest.php
index d7fbfd522..41c539593 100644
--- a/tests/Commands/UserModelGeneratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Commands/UserModelGeneratorTest.php
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public function testGenerateUserModel(): void
         $this->assertStringContainsString('class UserModel extends ShieldUserModel', $contents);
         $this->assertStringContainsString('use CodeIgniter\Shield\Models\UserModel as ShieldUserModel;', $contents);
         $this->assertStringContainsString('protected function initialize(): void', $contents);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('parent::initialize();', $contents);
     }
 
     public function testGenerateUserModelCustomNamespace(): void