diff --git a/server/src/infra/configuration.rs b/server/src/infra/configuration.rs
index b2cce8c..9284cbe 100644
--- a/server/src/infra/configuration.rs
+++ b/server/src/infra/configuration.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use figment::{
     Figment,
 };
 use lldap_auth::opaque::{server::ServerSetup, KeyPair};
+use log::*;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::infra::cli::RunOpts;
@@ -110,6 +111,8 @@ fn get_server_setup(file_path: &str) -> Result<ServerSetup> {
 pub fn init(cli_opts: RunOpts) -> Result<Configuration> {
     let config_file = cli_opts.config_file.clone();
 
+    info!("Loading configuration from {}", cli_opts.config_file);
+
     let config: Configuration = Figment::from(Serialized::defaults(Configuration::default()))
         .merge(Toml::file(config_file))
         .merge(Env::prefixed("LLDAP_"))
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 0d4fa90..9ca0b10 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::{
     infra::{cli::*, configuration::Configuration, db_cleaner::Scheduler},
 };
 use actix::Actor;
-use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use futures_util::TryFutureExt;
 use log::*;
 
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ mod domain;
 mod infra;
 
 async fn create_admin_user(handler: &SqlBackendHandler, config: &Configuration) -> Result<()> {
-    if config.ldap_user_pass.len() < 8 {
-        bail!("Minimum password length is 8 characters");
-    }
+    assert!(
+        config.ldap_user_pass.len() >= 8,
+        "Minimum password length is 8 characters, got {} characters",
+        config.ldap_user_pass.len()
+    );
     handler
         .create_user(CreateUserRequest {
             user_id: config.ldap_user_dn.clone(),
@@ -48,9 +50,12 @@ async fn run_server(config: Configuration) -> Result<()> {
         .await?;
     domain::sql_tables::init_table(&sql_pool).await?;
     let backend_handler = SqlBackendHandler::new(config.clone(), sql_pool.clone());
-    create_admin_user(&backend_handler, &config)
-        .await
-        .unwrap_or_else(|e| warn!("Error setting up admin login/account: {}", e));
+    if let Err(e) = backend_handler.get_user_details(&config.ldap_user_dn).await {
+        warn!("Could not get admin user, trying to create it: {:#}", e);
+        create_admin_user(&backend_handler, &config)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Error setting up admin login/account: {:#}", e))?;
+    }
     let server_builder = infra::ldap_server::build_ldap_server(
         &config,
         backend_handler.clone(),