diff --git a/locales/en.json b/locales/en.json
index cb0e4ec2..77ddeb0b 100644
--- a/locales/en.json
+++ b/locales/en.json
@@ -261,5 +261,11 @@
         "scopes": {
             "event:write": "Add and edit your events"
         }
+    },
+    "setup": {
+        "check_db": "Check DB",
+        "completed": "Setup completed",
+        "completed_description": "Installation completed!<br/>You can now login with the following user: {email} / {password}. Please write to us at gancio@cisti.org for any question.",
+        "start": "Start"
     }
 }
diff --git a/middleware/setup.js b/middleware/setup.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..350bede9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleware/setup.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export default function ({ req, redirect, route }) {
+  if (process.server) {
+    if (req.firstrun && route.path !== '/setup') {
+      return redirect('/setup')
+    }
+    if (!req.firstrun && route.path === '/setup') {
+      return redirect('/')
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/pages/index.vue b/pages/index.vue
index 14dbab15..6a481840 100644
--- a/pages/index.vue
+++ b/pages/index.vue
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import Calendar from '@/components/Calendar'
 export default {
   name: 'Index',
   components: { Event, Search, Announcement, Calendar },
+  middleware: 'setup',
   async asyncData ({ params, $api, store }) {
     const events = await $api.getEvents({
       start: dayjs().startOf('month').unix(),
diff --git a/pages/setup/Completed.vue b/pages/setup/Completed.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c49e402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/setup/Completed.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<template lang="pug">
+  v-container
+    v-card-title.d-block.text-h5.text-center(v-text="$t('setup.completed')")
+    v-card-text
+      p(v-html="$t('setup.completed_description', user)")
+    v-card-actions
+      v-btn(text @click='next' color='primary' :loading='loading' :disabled='loading') {{$t('setup.start')}}
+        v-icon mdi-arrow-right
+</template>
+<script>
+
+export default {
+  data () {
+    return {
+      loading: false,
+      user: {
+        email: 'admin',
+        password: ''
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {
+    next () {
+      window.location='/'
+    },
+    async start (user) {
+      this.user = { ...user }
+      this.loading = true
+
+      try {
+        await this.$axios.$get('/ping')
+        // window.location='/'
+        this.loading = false
+      } catch (e) {
+        setTimeout(() => this.start(user), 1000)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
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diff --git a/pages/setup/DbStep.vue b/pages/setup/DbStep.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0a8f990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/setup/DbStep.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<template lang="pug">
+  v-container
+    v-card-title.text-h5 Database
+      v-card-text
+      v-form
+        v-btn-toggle(text color='primary' v-model='db.dialect')
+          v-btn(value='sqlite' text) sqlite
+          v-btn(value='postgres' text) postgres
+        template(v-if='db.dialect === "sqlite"')
+          v-text-field(v-model='db.storage' label='Path')
+        template(v-if='db.dialect === "postgres"')
+          v-text-field(v-model='db.hostname' label='Hostname' :rules="[$validators.required('hostname')]")
+          v-text-field(v-model='db.database' label='Database' :rules="[$validators.required('database')]")
+          v-text-field(v-model='db.username' label='Username' :rules="[$validators.required('username')]")
+          v-text-field(type='password' v-model='db.password' label='Password' :rules="[$validators.required('password')]")  
+
+    v-card-actions
+      v-btn(text @click='checkDb' color='primary' :loading='loading' :disabled='loading') {{$t('setup.check_db')}}
+        v-icon mdi-arrow-right
+</template>
+<script>
+export default {
+  data () {
+    return {
+      db: {
+        storage: './gancio.sqlite',
+        hostname: 'localhost',
+        database: 'gancio'
+      },
+      loading: false,
+      buttonText: 'setup.check_db'
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {
+    async checkDb () {
+      this.loading = true
+      try {
+        await this.$axios.$post('/setup/db', { db: this.db })
+        this.$root.$message('DB Connection OK!', { color: 'success' })
+        this.$emit('complete', this.db)
+      } catch (e) {
+        this.$root.$message(e.response.data, { color: 'error' })
+      }
+      this.loading = false
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
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diff --git a/pages/setup/index.vue b/pages/setup/index.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ddf0696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/setup/index.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<template lang="pug">
+
+  v-container.pa-6
+    h2.mb-2.text-center Gancio Setup
+    v-stepper.grey.lighten-5(v-model='step')
+      v-stepper-header
+        v-stepper-step(:complete='step > 1' step='1') Database
+        v-divider
+        v-stepper-step(:complete='step > 2' step='2') Configuration
+        v-divider
+        v-stepper-step(:complete='step > 3' step='3') Finish
+
+      v-stepper-items
+        v-stepper-content(step='1')
+          DbStep(@complete='dbCompleted')
+        v-stepper-content(step='2')
+          Settings(setup, @complete='configCompleted')
+        v-stepper-content(step='3')
+          Completed(ref='completed')
+
+        
+            
+            
+   
+</template>
+<script>
+import DbStep from './DbStep'
+import Settings from '../../components/admin/Settings'
+import Completed from './Completed'
+
+export default {
+  components: { DbStep, Settings, Completed },
+  middleware: 'setup',
+  layout: 'iframe',
+  auth: false,
+  data () {
+    return {
+      config: {
+        db: {
+          dialect: ''
+        }
+      },
+      step: 1
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {
+    dbCompleted (db) {
+      this.step = this.step + 1
+    },
+    async configCompleted () {
+      const user = await this.$axios.$post('/setup/restart')
+      this.step = this.step + 1
+      this.$refs.completed.start(user)
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
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diff --git a/server/api/controller/setup.js b/server/api/controller/setup.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab83d493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/api/controller/setup.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+const log = require('../../log')
+const db = require('../models/index.js')
+const Umzug = require('umzug')
+const path = require('path')
+const config = require('../../config')
+const Sequelize = require('sequelize')
+
+const crypto = require('crypto')
+const { promisify } = require('util')
+const randomBytes = promisify(crypto.randomBytes)
+async function randomString (len = 16) {
+  const bytes = await randomBytes(len * 8)
+  return crypto
+    .createHash('sha1')
+    .update(bytes)
+    .digest('hex')
+}
+
+const setupController = {
+
+    async setupDb (req, res, next) {
+      log.debug('[SETUP] Check db')
+      const dbConf = req.body.db
+      if (!dbConf) {
+        return res.sendStatus(400)
+      }
+
+      try {
+        const sequelize = await db.connect(dbConf)
+        const users = await sequelize.query('SELECT * from users').catch(e => {})
+        config.db = dbConf
+        if (users && users.length) {
+          log.warn(' ⚠  Non empty db! Please move your current db elsewhere than retry.')
+          return res.status(400).send(' ⚠  Non empty db! Please move your current db elsewhere than retry.')
+        } else {
+          // run migrations...
+          const umzug = new Umzug({
+            storage: 'sequelize',
+            storageOptions: { sequelize },
+            logging: log.debug.bind(log),
+            migrations: {
+              wrap: fun => {
+                return () =>
+                  fun(sequelize.queryInterface, Sequelize).catch(e => {
+                    log.error(e)
+                    return false
+                  })
+              },
+              path: path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'migrations')
+            }
+          })
+          await umzug.up()
+          config.firstrun = false
+          config.db.logging = false
+          const settingsController = require('./settings')
+          await settingsController.load()
+          return res.sendStatus(200)
+        }        
+      } catch (e) {
+        return res.status(400).send(String(e))
+      }
+    },
+
+    async restart (req, res) {
+      config.write()
+
+      // create admin user
+      const password = await randomString()
+      const email = `admin@${req.settings.hostname}`
+      const User = require('../models/user')
+      await User.create({
+        email,
+        password,
+        is_admin: true,
+        is_active: true
+      })
+
+      res.json({ password, email })
+
+      // exit process so pm2 || docker could restart me
+      process.exit()
+    }
+
+}
+
+module.exports = setupController
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