diff --git a/app/portainer/views/init/admin/initAdminController.js b/app/portainer/views/init/admin/initAdminController.js
index 1432b8ecc..31b0c34bc 100644
--- a/app/portainer/views/init/admin/initAdminController.js
+++ b/app/portainer/views/init/admin/initAdminController.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ angular.module('portainer.app').controller('InitAdminController', [
   'BackupService',
   'StatusService',
   function ($scope, $state, Notifications, Authentication, StateManager, SettingsService, UserService, EndpointService, BackupService, StatusService) {
+    $scope.uploadBackup = uploadBackup;
+
     $scope.logo = StateManager.getState().application.logo;
 
     $scope.formValues = {
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ angular.module('portainer.app').controller('InitAdminController', [
       showRestorePortainer: false,
     };
 
+    createAdministratorFlow();
+
     $scope.togglePanel = function () {
       $scope.state.showInitPassword = !$scope.state.showInitPassword;
       $scope.state.showRestorePortainer = !$scope.state.showRestorePortainer;
@@ -74,11 +78,44 @@ angular.module('portainer.app').controller('InitAdminController', [
           Notifications.error('Failure', err, 'Unable to verify administrator account existence');
         });
     }
-    createAdministratorFlow();
+
+    async function uploadBackup() {
+      $scope.state.backupInProgress = true;
+
+      const file = $scope.formValues.BackupFile;
+      const password = $scope.formValues.Password;
+
+      restoreAndRefresh(() => BackupService.uploadBackup(file, password));
+    }
+
+    async function restoreAndRefresh(restoreAsyncFn) {
+      $scope.state.backupInProgress = true;
+
+      try {
+        await restoreAsyncFn();
+      } catch (err) {
+        Notifications.error('Failure', err, 'Unable to restore the backup');
+        $scope.state.backupInProgress = false;
+
+        return;
+      }
+
+      try {
+        await waitPortainerRestart();
+        Notifications.success('The backup has successfully been restored');
+        $state.go('portainer.auth');
+      } catch (err) {
+        Notifications.error('Failure', err, 'Unable to check for status');
+        await wait(2);
+        location.reload();
+      }
+
+      $scope.state.backupInProgress = false;
+    }
 
     async function waitPortainerRestart() {
       for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5 * 1000));
+        await wait(5);
         try {
           const status = await StatusService.status();
           if (status && status.Version) {
@@ -88,25 +125,11 @@ angular.module('portainer.app').controller('InitAdminController', [
           // pass
         }
       }
-      throw 'Timeout to wait for Portainer restarting';
+      throw new Error('Timeout to wait for Portainer restarting');
     }
-
-    $scope.uploadBackup = async function () {
-      $scope.state.backupInProgress = true;
-
-      const file = $scope.formValues.BackupFile;
-      const password = $scope.formValues.Password;
-
-      try {
-        await BackupService.uploadBackup(file, password);
-        await waitPortainerRestart();
-        Notifications.success('The backup has successfully been restored');
-        $state.go('portainer.auth');
-      } catch (err) {
-        Notifications.error('Failure', err, 'Unable to restore the backup');
-      } finally {
-        $scope.state.backupInProgress = false;
-      }
-    };
   },
 ]);
+
+function wait(seconds = 0) {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, seconds * 1000));
+}