diff --git a/framework/core/js/admin/src/app.js b/framework/core/js/admin/src/app.js
index fa4c7f067..3176fa486 100644
--- a/framework/core/js/admin/src/app.js
+++ b/framework/core/js/admin/src/app.js
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import boot from 'flarum/initializers/boot';
 var app = new App();
 
 app.initializers.add('store', store);
-app.initializers.add('preload', preload);
 app.initializers.add('session', session);
 app.initializers.add('routes', routes);
 app.initializers.add('timestamps', timestamps);
+app.initializers.add('preload', preload, {last: true});
 app.initializers.add('boot', boot, {last: true});
 
 export default app;
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Admin/Actions/IndexAction.php b/framework/core/src/Admin/Actions/IndexAction.php
index 76a345a23..e26e5de25 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Admin/Actions/IndexAction.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Admin/Actions/IndexAction.php
@@ -7,16 +7,14 @@ use Auth;
 use Cookie;
 use Config;
 use View;
+use DB;
+use Flarum\Api\Request as ApiRequest;
 
 class IndexAction extends Action
 {
     public function handle(Request $request, $params = [])
     {
-        $config = [
-            'baseURL' => 'http://flarum.dev/admin',
-            'apiURL' => 'http://flarum.dev/api',
-            'forumTitle' => Config::get('flarum::forum_title', 'Flarum Demo Forum')
-        ];
+        $config = DB::table('config')->whereIn('key', ['base_url', 'api_url', 'forum_title', 'welcome_title', 'welcome_message'])->lists('value', 'key');
         $data = [];
         $session = [];
         $alert = Session::get('alert');
@@ -27,23 +25,35 @@ class IndexAction extends Action
                 'token' => Cookie::get('flarum_remember')
             ];
 
-            $response = $this->callAction('Flarum\Api\Actions\Users\ShowAction', ['id' => $user->id]);
-            $response = $response->getData();
+            $response = app('Flarum\Api\Actions\Users\ShowAction')
+                ->handle(new ApiRequest(['id' => $user->id], $this->actor))
+                ->content->toArray();
 
-            $data = [$response->data];
-            if (isset($response->included)) {
-                $data = array_merge($data, $response->included);
+            $data = [$response['data']];
+            if (isset($response['included'])) {
+                $data = array_merge($data, $response['included']);
             }
         }
 
-        return View::make('flarum.admin::index')
+        $view = View::make('flarum.admin::index')
             ->with('title', 'Administration - '.Config::get('flarum::forum_title', 'Flarum Demo Forum'))
-            ->with('styles', app('flarum.admin.assetManager')->getCSSFiles())
-            ->with('scripts', app('flarum.admin.assetManager')->getJSFiles())
             ->with('config', $config)
-            ->with('layout', View::make('flarum.admin::admin'))
+            ->with('layout', 'flarum.admin::admin')
             ->with('data', $data)
             ->with('session', $session)
             ->with('alert', $alert);
+
+        $assetManager = app('flarum.admin.assetManager');
+        $root = __DIR__.'/../../..';
+        $assetManager->addFile([
+            $root.'/js/admin/dist/app.js',
+            $root.'/less/admin/app.less'
+        ]);
+
+        // event(new RenderView($view, $assetManager, $this));
+
+        return $view
+            ->with('styles', $assetManager->getCSSFiles())
+            ->with('scripts', $assetManager->getJSFiles());
     }
 }
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Admin/AdminServiceProvider.php b/framework/core/src/Admin/AdminServiceProvider.php
index a3b42a5ec..86f3efca0 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Admin/AdminServiceProvider.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Admin/AdminServiceProvider.php
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ class AdminServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 
         $this->loadViewsFrom($root.'/views', 'flarum.admin');
 
-        $assetManager = $this->app['flarum.admin.assetManager'];
-
-        $assetManager->addFile([
-            $root.'/js/admin/dist/app.js',
-            $root.'/less/admin/app.less'
-        ]);
-
         $this->publishes([
             $root.'/public/fonts' => public_path('flarum/fonts')
         ]);
diff --git a/framework/core/views/index.blade.php b/framework/core/views/index.blade.php
index 1a6902770..cc8773c15 100644
--- a/framework/core/views/index.blade.php
+++ b/framework/core/views/index.blade.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     <title>{{ $title }}</title>
     <meta name="description" content="">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, minimum-scale=1">
-    <base href="/">
     @foreach ($styles as $file)
       <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ str_replace(public_path(), '', $file) }}">
     @endforeach