diff --git a/packages/cli/src/Server.ts b/packages/cli/src/Server.ts
index 0f89c5ff54..d8d26e98e1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/Server.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/Server.ts
@@ -130,12 +130,16 @@ import * as WorkflowExecuteAdditionalData from '@/WorkflowExecuteAdditionalData'
 import { toHttpNodeParameters } from '@/CurlConverterHelper';
 import { eventBusRouter } from '@/eventbus/eventBusRoutes';
 import { isLogStreamingEnabled } from '@/eventbus/MessageEventBus/MessageEventBusHelper';
-import { getLicense } from '@/License';
 import { licenseController } from './license/license.controller';
 import { Push, setupPushServer, setupPushHandler } from '@/push';
 import { setupAuthMiddlewares } from './middlewares';
 import { initEvents } from './events';
-import { getLdapLoginLabel, isLdapEnabled, isLdapLoginEnabled } from './Ldap/helpers';
+import {
+	getLdapLoginLabel,
+	handleLdapInit,
+	isLdapEnabled,
+	isLdapLoginEnabled,
+} from './Ldap/helpers';
 import { AbstractServer } from './AbstractServer';
 import { configureMetrics } from './metrics';
 import { setupBasicAuth } from './middlewares/basicAuth';
@@ -357,20 +361,6 @@ class Server extends AbstractServer {
 		return this.frontendSettings;
 	}
 
-	async initLicense(): Promise<void> {
-		const license = getLicense();
-		await license.init(this.frontendSettings.instanceId);
-
-		const activationKey = config.getEnv('license.activationKey');
-		if (activationKey) {
-			try {
-				await license.activate(activationKey);
-			} catch (e) {
-				LoggerProxy.error('Could not activate license', e);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	private registerControllers(ignoredEndpoints: Readonly<string[]>) {
 		const { app, externalHooks, activeWorkflowRunner, nodeTypes } = this;
 		const repositories = Db.collections;
@@ -428,7 +418,6 @@ class Server extends AbstractServer {
 
 		await this.externalHooks.run('frontend.settings', [this.frontendSettings]);
 
-		await this.initLicense();
 		await this.postHog.init(this.frontendSettings.instanceId);
 
 		const publicApiEndpoint = config.getEnv('publicApi.path');
@@ -490,9 +479,8 @@ class Server extends AbstractServer {
 			}),
 		);
 
-		// ----------------------------------------
-		// User Management
-		// ----------------------------------------
+		await handleLdapInit();
+
 		this.registerControllers(ignoredEndpoints);
 
 		this.app.use(`/${this.restEndpoint}/credentials`, credentialsController);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
index 96e19f1d16..d50846cf34 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/BaseCommand.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand extends Command {
 
 	protected userSettings: IUserSettings;
 
+	protected instanceId: string;
+
 	async init(): Promise<void> {
 		await initErrorHandling();
 
@@ -49,9 +51,9 @@ export abstract class BaseCommand extends Command {
 		const credentialTypes = Container.get(CredentialTypes);
 		CredentialsOverwrites(credentialTypes);
 
-		const instanceId = this.userSettings.instanceId ?? '';
-		await Container.get(PostHogClient).init(instanceId);
-		await Container.get(InternalHooks).init(instanceId);
+		this.instanceId = this.userSettings.instanceId ?? '';
+		await Container.get(PostHogClient).init(this.instanceId);
+		await Container.get(InternalHooks).init(this.instanceId);
 
 		await Db.init().catch(async (error: Error) =>
 			this.exitWithCrash('There was an error initializing DB', error),
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
index bac95bfe3c..1363870a20 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ import * as GenericHelpers from '@/GenericHelpers';
 import * as Server from '@/Server';
 import { TestWebhooks } from '@/TestWebhooks';
 import { getAllInstalledPackages } from '@/CommunityNodes/packageModel';
-import { handleLdapInit } from '@/Ldap/helpers';
 import { EDITOR_UI_DIST_DIR, GENERATED_STATIC_DIR } from '@/constants';
 import { eventBus } from '@/eventbus';
 import { BaseCommand } from './BaseCommand';
 import { InternalHooks } from '@/InternalHooks';
+import { getLicense } from '@/License';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment, @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
 const open = require('open');
@@ -182,11 +182,26 @@ export class Start extends BaseCommand {
 		await Promise.all(files.map(compileFile));
 	}
 
+	async initLicense(): Promise<void> {
+		const license = getLicense();
+		await license.init(this.instanceId);
+
+		const activationKey = config.getEnv('license.activationKey');
+		if (activationKey) {
+			try {
+				await license.activate(activationKey);
+			} catch (e) {
+				LoggerProxy.error('Could not activate license', e as Error);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	async init() {
 		await this.initCrashJournal();
 		await super.init();
 		this.logger.info('Initializing n8n process');
 
+		await this.initLicense();
 		await this.initBinaryManager();
 		await this.initExternalHooks();
 
@@ -326,8 +341,6 @@ export class Start extends BaseCommand {
 			);
 		}
 
-		await handleLdapInit();
-
 		await Server.start();
 
 		// Start to get active workflows and run their triggers