diff --git a/src/cloudron.js b/src/cloudron.js
index 807929f8e..0dcd41deb 100644
--- a/src/cloudron.js
+++ b/src/cloudron.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     setDashboardAndMailDomain: setDashboardAndMailDomain,
     renewCerts: renewCerts,
 
+    setupDashboard: setupDashboard,
+
     runSystemChecks: runSystemChecks,
 
     // exposed for testing
@@ -397,6 +399,17 @@ function setDashboardAndMailDomain(domain, auditSource, callback) {
     });
 }
 
+function setupDashboard(auditSource, progressCallback, callback) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof auditSource, 'object');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof progressCallback, 'function');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
+
+    async.series([
+        domains.prepareDashboardDomain.bind(null, settings.adminDomain(), auditSource, progressCallback),
+        setDashboardDomain.bind(null, settings.adminDomain(), auditSource)
+    ], callback);
+}
+
 function renewCerts(options, auditSource, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof options, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof auditSource, 'object');
diff --git a/src/provision.js b/src/provision.js
index 1c4cc63a3..75cc4f56c 100644
--- a/src/provision.js
+++ b/src/provision.js
@@ -277,8 +277,7 @@ function restore(backupConfig, backupId, version, auditSource, callback) {
             async.series([
                 setProgress.bind(null, 'restore', 'Downloading backup'),
                 backups.restore.bind(null, backupConfig, backupId, (progress) => setProgress('restore', progress.message, NOOP_CALLBACK)),
-                domains.prepareDashboardDomain.bind(null, settings.adminDomain(), auditSource, (progress) => setProgress('restore', progress.message, NOOP_CALLBACK)),
-                cloudron.setDashboardDomain.bind(null, settings.adminDomain(), auditSource),
+                cloudron.setupDashboard.bind(null, auditSource, (progress) => setProgress('restore', progress.message, NOOP_CALLBACK)),
                 settings.setBackupConfig.bind(null, backupConfig), // update with the latest backupConfig
                 eventlog.add.bind(null, eventlog.ACTION_RESTORE, auditSource, { backupId }),
             ], function (error) {