diff --git a/src/cloudron.js b/src/cloudron.js
index 40b80f8f3..5dc4b4e2b 100644
--- a/src/cloudron.js
+++ b/src/cloudron.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     retire: retire,
     migrate: migrate,
 
-    isConfiguredSync: isConfiguredSync,
     getConfigStateSync: getConfigStateSync,
 
     checkDiskSpace: checkDiskSpace,
@@ -88,8 +87,7 @@ const BOX_AND_USER_TEMPLATE = {
 
 var gUpdatingDns = false,                // flag for dns update reentrancy
     gBoxAndUserDetails = null,         // cached cloudron details like region,size...
-    gIsConfigured = null,              // cached configured state so that return value is synchronous. null means we are not initialized yet
-    gConfigState = { domain: false, dns: false, tls: false };
+    gConfigState = { domain: false, dns: false, tls: false, configured: false };
 
 function CloudronError(reason, errorOrMessage) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof reason, 'string');
@@ -143,10 +141,6 @@ function uninitialize(callback) {
     callback(null);
 }
 
-function isConfiguredSync() {
-    return gIsConfigured === true;
-}
-
 function getConfigStateSync() {
     return gConfigState;
 }
@@ -170,8 +164,6 @@ function isConfigured(callback) {
 }
 
 function syncConfigState(callback) {
-    assert(!gIsConfigured);
-
     callback = callback || NOOP_CALLBACK;
 
     isConfigured(function (error, configured) {
@@ -180,13 +172,12 @@ function syncConfigState(callback) {
         debug('syncConfigState: configured = %s', configured);
 
         if (configured) {
+            gConfigState.configured = true;
             exports.events.emit(exports.EVENT_CONFIGURED);
         } else {
             settings.events.once(settings.DNS_CONFIG_KEY, function () { syncConfigState(); }); // check again later
         }
 
-        gIsConfigured = configured;
-
         callback();
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/mailer.js b/src/mailer.js
index 4b5c3d67a..845501d1f 100644
--- a/src/mailer.js
+++ b/src/mailer.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ var gMailQueue = [ ],
 function initialize(callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    if (cloudron.isConfiguredSync()) {
+    if (cloudron.getConfigStateSync().configured) {
         checkDns();
     } else {
         cloudron.events.on(cloudron.EVENT_CONFIGURED, checkDns);
diff --git a/src/taskmanager.js b/src/taskmanager.js
index 875253147..2074aae59 100644
--- a/src/taskmanager.js
+++ b/src/taskmanager.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function waitForPendingTasks(callback) {
 }
 
 function platformReady() {
-    if (cloudron.isConfiguredSync()) {
+    if (cloudron.getConfigStateSync().configured) {
         debug('platformReady: configured, resuming tasks'); // cloudron-setup script relies on this log message
         resumeTasks();
     } else {