pylint-djano plugin does not recognize app model imports

[bfmcneill]

Step 1: Are you in the right place?

• [x] I have verified there are no duplicate active or recent bugs, questions, or requests

• [x] I have verified that I am using the latest version of the plugin.

• there is a similar issue, regarding issues getting pylint args to work but I couln't solve my issue so I opened up this specific item

Step 2: Describe your environment

• Plugin version: 0.12.2
• PyCharm/IDEA version: 2020.1 Pro
• Pylint version: 2.4.4
• pylint-django 2.0.15

my django app works correctly but the linting seems to show errors when I import models.

pylint is found in the same virtual env that the plugin is located

• utils and completions are separate apps in my project