diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bfea7bb..ba48e45 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ script:
   - cd ..
   - cp samples/server-sqlite3.conf bootstrap/bootstrap.conf
   - ./launcher bootstrap
+  - ./launcher start
diff --git a/launcher b/launcher
index 7d10afc..dc380b2 100755
--- a/launcher
+++ b/launcher
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 version=6.0.5
 image=seafileorg/server:$version
-topdir=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd -P)
-sharedir=$topdir/shared
+dockerdir=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd -P)
+sharedir=$dockerdir/shared
+installdir=/opt/seafile/seafile-server-$version
 
-cd $topdir
+cd $dockerdir
 
 dbg() {
     if [[ $debug == "true" ]]; then
@@ -36,8 +37,9 @@ set_volumes() {
 
     mounts=(
         $sharedir:/shared
-        $topdir/bootstrap:/bootstrap:ro
-        $topdir/scripts:/scripts:ro
+        $dockerdir/bootstrap:/bootstrap:ro
+        $dockerdir/scripts:/scripts:ro
+        $dockerdir/scripts/tmp/check_init_admin.py:$installdir/check_init_admin.py:ro
         $bash_history:/root/.bash_history
     )
     volumes=""
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ bootstrap() {
 
 start() {
     set_volumes
-    docker run --rm -it $volumes $image # scripts/start.py
+    docker run --rm -it $volumes $image scripts/start.py
 }
 
 enter() {
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.py b/scripts/bootstrap.py
index 02aa9c7..b3e7a1d 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.py
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.py
@@ -7,26 +7,16 @@ setup-seafile.sh or setup-seafile-mysql.sh. It's supposed to run inside the
 container.
 """
 
-from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
 import os
 from os.path import abspath, basename, exists, dirname, join, isdir
 import shutil
 import sys
 
-from utils import call, get_install_dir, get_script
+from utils import call, get_conf, get_install_dir, get_script
 
 installdir = get_install_dir()
 topdir = dirname(installdir)
 
-_config = None
-
-def get_conf(key):
-    global _config
-    if _config is None:
-        _config = ConfigParser()
-        _config.read("/bootstrap/bootstrap.conf")
-    return _config.get("server", key)
-
 def main():
     env = {
         'SERVER_NAME': 'seafile',
diff --git a/scripts/start.py b/scripts/start.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e69de29..23bd732
--- a/scripts/start.py
+++ b/scripts/start.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#coding: UTF-8
+
+"""
+This script calls the appropriate seafile init scripts (e.g.
+setup-seafile.sh or setup-seafile-mysql.sh. It's supposed to run inside the
+container.
+"""
+
+import json
+import os
+from os.path import abspath, basename, exists, dirname, join, isdir
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+from utils import call, get_conf, get_install_dir, get_script
+
+installdir = get_install_dir()
+topdir = dirname(installdir)
+
+def main():
+    admin_pw = {
+        'email': get_conf('admin.email'),
+        'password': get_conf('admin.password'),
+    }
+    password_file = join(topdir, 'conf', 'admin.txt')
+    with open(password_file, 'w') as fp:
+        json.dump(admin_pw, fp)
+
+    try:
+        call('{} start'.format(get_script('seafile.sh')), check_call=True)
+        call('{} start'.format(get_script('seahub.sh')), check_call=True)
+    finally:
+        if exists(password_file):
+            os.unlink(password_file)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/scripts/tmp/check_init_admin.py b/scripts/tmp/check_init_admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f5eed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tmp/check_init_admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+#coding: UTF-8
+
+'''This script would check if there is admin, and prompt the user to create a new one if non exist'''
+
+import json
+import sys
+import os
+import time
+import re
+import shutil
+import glob
+import subprocess
+import hashlib
+import getpass
+import uuid
+import warnings
+
+from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
+
+try:
+    import readline # pylint: disable=W0611
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+
+SERVER_MANUAL_HTTP = 'https://github.com/haiwen/seafile/wiki'
+
+class Utils(object):
+    '''Groups all helper functions here'''
+    @staticmethod
+    def welcome():
+        '''Show welcome message'''
+        welcome_msg = '''\
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+This script will guide you to setup your seafile server using MySQL.
+Make sure you have read seafile server manual at
+
+        %s
+
+Press ENTER to continue
+-----------------------------------------------------------------''' % SERVER_MANUAL_HTTP
+        print welcome_msg
+        raw_input()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def highlight(content):
+        '''Add ANSI color to content to get it highlighted on terminal'''
+        return '\x1b[33m%s\x1b[m' % content
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def info(msg):
+        print msg
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def error(msg):
+        '''Print error and exit'''
+        print
+        print 'Error: ' + msg
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def run_argv(argv, cwd=None, env=None, suppress_stdout=False, suppress_stderr=False):
+        '''Run a program and wait it to finish, and return its exit code. The
+        standard output of this program is supressed.
+
+        '''
+        with open(os.devnull, 'w') as devnull:
+            if suppress_stdout:
+                stdout = devnull
+            else:
+                stdout = sys.stdout
+
+            if suppress_stderr:
+                stderr = devnull
+            else:
+                stderr = sys.stderr
+
+            proc = subprocess.Popen(argv,
+                                    cwd=cwd,
+                                    stdout=stdout,
+                                    stderr=stderr,
+                                    env=env)
+            return proc.wait()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def run(cmdline, cwd=None, env=None, suppress_stdout=False, suppress_stderr=False):
+        '''Like run_argv but specify a command line string instead of argv'''
+        with open(os.devnull, 'w') as devnull:
+            if suppress_stdout:
+                stdout = devnull
+            else:
+                stdout = sys.stdout
+
+            if suppress_stderr:
+                stderr = devnull
+            else:
+                stderr = sys.stderr
+
+            proc = subprocess.Popen(cmdline,
+                                    cwd=cwd,
+                                    stdout=stdout,
+                                    stderr=stderr,
+                                    env=env,
+                                    shell=True)
+            return proc.wait()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def prepend_env_value(name, value, env=None, seperator=':'):
+        '''prepend a new value to a list'''
+        if env is None:
+            env = os.environ
+
+        try:
+            current_value = env[name]
+        except KeyError:
+            current_value = ''
+
+        new_value = value
+        if current_value:
+            new_value += seperator + current_value
+
+        env[name] = new_value
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def must_mkdir(path):
+        '''Create a directory, exit on failure'''
+        try:
+            os.mkdir(path)
+        except OSError, e:
+            Utils.error('failed to create directory %s:%s' % (path, e))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def must_copy(src, dst):
+        '''Copy src to dst, exit on failure'''
+        try:
+            shutil.copy(src, dst)
+        except Exception, e:
+            Utils.error('failed to copy %s to %s: %s' % (src, dst, e))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def find_in_path(prog):
+        if 'win32' in sys.platform:
+            sep = ';'
+        else:
+            sep = ':'
+
+        dirs = os.environ['PATH'].split(sep)
+        for d in dirs:
+            d = d.strip()
+            if d == '':
+                continue
+            path = os.path.join(d, prog)
+            if os.path.exists(path):
+                return path
+
+        return None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_python_executable():
+        '''Return the python executable. This should be the PYTHON environment
+        variable which is set in setup-seafile-mysql.sh
+
+        '''
+        return os.environ['PYTHON']
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def read_config(fn):
+        '''Return a case sensitive ConfigParser by reading the file "fn"'''
+        cp = ConfigParser()
+        cp.optionxform = str
+        cp.read(fn)
+
+        return cp
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def write_config(cp, fn):
+        '''Return a case sensitive ConfigParser by reading the file "fn"'''
+        with open(fn, 'w') as fp:
+            cp.write(fp)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def ask_question(desc,
+                     key=None,
+                     note=None,
+                     default=None,
+                     validate=None,
+                     yes_or_no=False,
+                     password=False):
+        '''Ask a question, return the answer.
+        @desc description, e.g. "What is the port of ccnet?"
+
+        @key a name to represent the target of the question, e.g. "port for
+        ccnet server"
+
+        @note additional information for the question, e.g. "Must be a valid
+        port number"
+
+        @default the default value of the question. If the default value is
+        not None, when the user enter nothing and press [ENTER], the default
+        value would be returned
+
+        @validate a function that takes the user input as the only parameter
+        and validate it. It should return a validated value, or throws an
+        "InvalidAnswer" exception if the input is not valid.
+
+        @yes_or_no If true, the user must answer "yes" or "no", and a boolean
+        value would be returned
+
+        @password If true, the user input would not be echoed to the
+        console
+
+        '''
+        assert key or yes_or_no
+        # Format description
+        print
+        if note:
+            desc += '\n' + note
+
+        desc += '\n'
+        if yes_or_no:
+            desc += '[ yes or no ]'
+        else:
+            if default:
+                desc += '[ default "%s" ]' % default
+            else:
+                desc += '[ %s ]' % key
+
+        desc += ' '
+        while True:
+            # prompt for user input
+            if password:
+                answer = getpass.getpass(desc).strip()
+            else:
+                answer = raw_input(desc).strip()
+
+            # No user input: use default
+            if not answer:
+                if default:
+                    answer = default
+                else:
+                    continue
+
+            # Have user input: validate answer
+            if yes_or_no:
+                if answer not in ['yes', 'no']:
+                    print Utils.highlight('\nPlease answer yes or no\n')
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    return answer == 'yes'
+            else:
+                if validate:
+                    try:
+                        return validate(answer)
+                    except InvalidAnswer, e:
+                        print Utils.highlight('\n%s\n' % e)
+                        continue
+                else:
+                    return answer
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def validate_port(port):
+        try:
+            port = int(port)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise InvalidAnswer('%s is not a valid port' % Utils.highlight(port))
+
+        if port <= 0 or port > 65535:
+            raise InvalidAnswer('%s is not a valid port' % Utils.highlight(port))
+
+        return port
+
+
+class InvalidAnswer(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, msg):
+        Exception.__init__(self)
+        self.msg = msg
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.msg
+
+### END of Utils
+####################
+
+class RPC(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        import ccnet
+        ccnet_dir = os.environ['CCNET_CONF_DIR']
+        central_config_dir = os.environ['SEAFILE_CENTRAL_CONF_DIR']
+        self.rpc_client = ccnet.CcnetThreadedRpcClient(
+            ccnet.ClientPool(ccnet_dir, central_config_dir=central_config_dir))
+
+    def get_db_email_users(self):
+        return self.rpc_client.get_emailusers('DB', 0, 1)
+
+    def create_admin(self, email, user):
+        return self.rpc_client.add_emailuser(email, user, 1, 1)
+
+def need_create_admin():
+    users = rpc.get_db_email_users()
+    return len(users) == 0
+
+def create_admin(email, passwd):
+    if rpc.create_admin(email, passwd) < 0:
+        raise Exception('failed to create admin')
+    else:
+        print '\n\n'
+        print '----------------------------------------'
+        print 'Successfully created seafile admin'
+        print '----------------------------------------'
+        print '\n\n'
+
+def ask_admin_email():
+    print
+    print '----------------------------------------'
+    print 'It\'s the first time you start the seafile server. Now let\'s create the admin account'
+    print '----------------------------------------'
+    def validate(email):
+        # whitespace is not allowed
+        if re.match(r'[\s]', email):
+            raise InvalidAnswer('%s is not a valid email address' % Utils.highlight(email))
+        # must be a valid email address
+        if not re.match(r'^.+@.*\..+$', email):
+            raise InvalidAnswer('%s is not a valid email address' % Utils.highlight(email))
+
+        return email
+
+    key = 'admin email'
+    question = 'What is the ' + Utils.highlight('email') + ' for the admin account?'
+    return Utils.ask_question(question,
+                              key=key,
+                              validate=validate)
+
+def ask_admin_password():
+    def validate(password):
+        key = 'admin password again'
+        question = 'Enter the ' + Utils.highlight('password again:')
+        password_again = Utils.ask_question(question,
+                                            key=key,
+                                            password=True)
+
+        if password_again != password:
+            raise InvalidAnswer('password mismatch')
+
+        return password
+
+    key = 'admin password'
+    question = 'What is the ' + Utils.highlight('password') + ' for the admin account?'
+    return Utils.ask_question(question,
+                              key=key,
+                              password=True,
+                              validate=validate)
+
+rpc = RPC()
+
+def main():
+    if not need_create_admin():
+        return
+
+    password_file = os.path.join(os.environ['SEAFILE_CENTRAL_CONF_DIR'], 'admin.txt')
+    if os.path.exists(password_file):
+        with open(password_file, 'r') as fp:
+            pwinfo = json.load(fp)
+        email = pwinfo['email']
+        passwd = pwinfo['password']
+        os.unlink(password_file)
+    else:
+        email = ask_admin_email()
+        passwd = ask_admin_password()
+
+    create_admin(email, passwd)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        main()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print '\n\n\n'
+        print Utils.highlight('Aborted.')
+        print
+        sys.exit(1)
+    except Exception, e:
+        print
+        print Utils.highlight('Error happened during creating seafile admin.')
+        print
diff --git a/scripts/utils/__init__.py b/scripts/utils/__init__.py
index cc65fe2..9391ee3 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 # coding: UTF-8
 
 from __future__ import print_function
+from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 import os
+from os.path import abspath, basename, exists, dirname, join, isdir, expanduser
 import platform
 import sys
-import termcolor
 import subprocess
 import logging
 import logging.config
 import click
+import termcolor
 import colorlog
-from os.path import abspath, basename, exists, dirname, join, isdir, expanduser
-from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('.utils')
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ def call(*a, **kw):
     dry_run = kw.pop('dry_run', False)
     quiet = kw.pop('quiet', False)
     cwd = kw.get('cwd', os.getcwd())
+    check_call = kw.pop('check_call', False)
     reduct_args = kw.pop('reduct_args', [])
     if not quiet:
         toprint = a[0]
@@ -58,7 +60,10 @@ def call(*a, **kw):
         eprint('cwd:     ', green(cwd))
     kw.setdefault('shell', True)
     if not dry_run:
-        return subprocess.Popen(*a, **kw).wait()
+        if check_call:
+            return subprocess.check_call(*a, **kw)
+        else:
+            return subprocess.Popen(*a, **kw).wait()
 
 @contextmanager
 def cd(path):
@@ -204,3 +209,13 @@ def get_install_dir():
 
 def get_script(script):
     return join(get_install_dir(), script)
+
+
+_config = None
+
+def get_conf(key):
+    global _config
+    if _config is None:
+        _config = ConfigParser()
+        _config.read("/bootstrap/bootstrap.conf")
+    return _config.get("server", key)