diff --git a/POSTINSTALL.md b/POSTINSTALL.md
index a9b5087..763911b 100644
--- a/POSTINSTALL.md
+++ b/POSTINSTALL.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 This app is pre-setup with an admin account. The initial credentials are:
 
-**Username**: admin<br/>
+**Username**: admin@cloudron.local<br/>
 **Password**: admin<br/>
 
 Please change the admin email and password credentials immediately.
-
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 17579ee..5d1a784 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -7,16 +7,38 @@ mkdir -p /run/traccar/logs /app/data/media
 echo -e "[client]\npassword=${CLOUDRON_MYSQL_PASSWORD}" > /run/traccar/mysql-extra
 readonly mysql="mysql --defaults-file=/run/traccar/mysql-extra --user=${CLOUDRON_MYSQL_USERNAME} --host=${CLOUDRON_MYSQL_HOST} -P ${CLOUDRON_MYSQL_PORT} ${CLOUDRON_MYSQL_DATABASE}"
 
+wait_for_table() {
+    ret=`$mysql --skip-column-names -s -e "SHOW TABLES LIKE '$1';"`
+    while [ "$ret" != "$1" ]; do
+        echo "=> Table $1 not yet created, waiting ..."
+        sleep 1;
+        ret=($mysql --skip-column-names -s -e "SHOW TABLES LIKE '$1';")
+        echo "ret was ${ret}"
+    done
+}
+
 disable_registration() {
-    sleep 10
-    echo "==> disabling registration"
+    wait_for_table tc_servers;
+
+    echo "==> Disabling registration"
     $mysql -e "UPDATE tc_servers SET registration=0 WHERE id=1"
 }
 
+ensure_admin_account() {
+    wait_for_table tc_users;
+
+    echo "==> Ensure admin account"
+    count=`$mysql --skip-column-names -s -e "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tc_users WHERE name='admin';"`
+    if [[ "$count" = "0" ]]; then
+        echo "==> Create initial admin account"
+        # Values are from https://github.com/traccar/traccar/blob/master/schema/changelog-3.3.xml#L179 which is not used anymore, but we still want the admin account
+        $mysql -e "INSERT INTO tc_users (name, email, hashedpassword, salt, administrator) VALUES ('admin', 'admin@cloudron.local', 'D33DCA55ABD4CC5BC76F2BC0B4E603FE2C6F61F4C1EF2D47', '000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000', TRUE)"
+    fi
+}
+
 echo "=> Ensure traccar.xml config"
 if [[ ! -f /app/data/traccar.xml ]]; then
     cp /app/pkg/traccar.xml.template /app/data/traccar.xml
-    disable_registration &
 fi
 
 echo "=> Ensure database settings"
@@ -58,6 +80,9 @@ xmlstarlet ed --inplace \
     --update '//properties/entry[@key="mail.smtp.password"]' -v "${CLOUDRON_MAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD}" \
     /app/data/traccar.xml
 
+disable_registration &
+ensure_admin_account &
+
 chown -R cloudron /run/traccar /app/data
 
 # https://www.traccar.org/optimization/
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index c586627..76c781e 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ describe('Application life cycle test', function () {
     const LOCATION = 'test';
     const TEST_TIMEOUT = 10000;
     const EXEC_ARGS = { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' };
-    const ADMIN_USERNAME = 'admin'; // the login form is called email but accepts usernames
-    const ADMIN_PASSWORD = 'admin';
     const DEVICE_NAME = 'FancyDevice';
     const DEVICE_IDENTIFIER = 'device1';
+    const ADMIN_USERNAME = 'admin@cloudron.local';
+    const ADMIN_PASSWORD = 'admin';
+    const EMAIL = process.env.EMAIL;
+    const PASSWORD = process.env.PASSWORD;
 
     var browser, app;