diff --git a/dashboard/src/components/AppInstallDialog.vue b/dashboard/src/components/AppInstallDialog.vue
index 194df7c06..e2b5ebd04 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/components/AppInstallDialog.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/components/AppInstallDialog.vue
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ import AccessControl from './AccessControl.vue';
 import PortBindings from './PortBindings.vue';
 import DomainsModel from '../models/DomainsModel.js';
 import AppsModel from '../models/AppsModel.js';
+import DashboardModel from '../models/DashboardModel.js';
 
 const API_ORIGIN = import.meta.env.VITE_API_ORIGIN ? import.meta.env.VITE_API_ORIGIN : window.location.origin;
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ const STEP = Object.freeze({
 
 const domainsModel = DomainsModel.create(API_ORIGIN, localStorage.token);
 const appsModel = AppsModel.create(API_ORIGIN, localStorage.token);
+const dashboardModel = DashboardModel.create(API_ORIGIN, localStorage.token);
 
 // reactive
 const busy = ref(false);
@@ -141,9 +143,10 @@ async function submit() {
 
 onMounted(async () => {
   domains.value = await domainsModel.list();
+  const config = await dashboardModel.getConfig();
 
-  // TODO pre-select the adminDomain
-  domain.value = domains.value[0].domain;
+  // preselect with dashboard domain
+  domain.value = config.adminDomain || domains.value[0].domain;
 });
 
 defineExpose({
diff --git a/dashboard/src/models/DashboardModel.js b/dashboard/src/models/DashboardModel.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33fed29bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboard/src/models/DashboardModel.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+import { fetcher } from 'pankow';
+
+function create(origin, accessToken) {
+  return {
+    name: 'DashboardModel',
+    async getConfig() {
+      let error, result;
+      try {
+        result = await fetcher.get(`${origin}/api/v1/dashboard/config`, { access_token: accessToken });
+      } catch (e) {
+        error = e;
+      }
+
+      if (error || result.status !== 200) {
+        console.error('Failed to get dashboard config.', error || result.status);
+        return {};
+      }
+
+      return result.body;
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+export default {
+  create,
+};