diff --git a/src/routes/cloudron.js b/src/routes/cloudron.js
index ff6d6fda5..39a7fb1b7 100644
--- a/src/routes/cloudron.js
+++ b/src/routes/cloudron.js
@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ function activate(req, res, next) {
         if (error && error.reason === CloudronError.BAD_EMAIL) return next(new HttpError(400, 'Bad email'));
         if (error) return next(new HttpError(500, error));
 
+        // only in caas case do we have to notify the api server about activation
+        if (config.provider() !== 'caas') return next(new HttpSuccess(201, info));
+
         // Now let the api server know we got activated
-        superagent.post(config.apiServerOrigin() + '/api/v1/boxes/' + config.fqdn() + '/setup/done').query({ setupToken:req.query.setupToken }).end(function (error, result) {
+        superagent.post(config.apiServerOrigin() + '/api/v1/boxes/' + config.fqdn() + '/setup/done').query({ setupToken: req.query.setupToken }).end(function (error, result) {
             if (error && !error.response) return next(new HttpError(500, error));
             if (result.statusCode === 403) return next(new HttpError(403, 'Invalid token'));
             if (result.statusCode === 409) return next(new HttpError(409, 'Already setup'));