diff --git a/matemat/db/facade.py b/matemat/db/facade.py
index 1c954db..99aef1d 100644
--- a/matemat/db/facade.py
+++ b/matemat/db/facade.py
@@ -62,7 +62,18 @@ class MatematDatabase(object):
         """
         return self.db.transaction(exclusive=exclusive)
 
-    def list_users(self) -> List[User]:
+    def has_admin_users(self) -> bool:
+        """
+        Check whether the instance has any admin users configured.
+
+        :return: True if there are admin users, false otherwise.
+        """
+        with self.db.transaction(exclusive=False) as c:
+            c.execute('SELECT COUNT(user_id) FROM users WHERE is_admin = 1')
+            n, = c.fetchone()
+        return n > 0
+
+    def list_users(self, with_touchkey: bool = False) -> List[User]:
         """
         Return a list of users in the database.
         :return: A list of users.
@@ -72,7 +83,10 @@ class MatematDatabase(object):
             for row in c.execute('''
                 SELECT user_id, username, email, is_admin, is_member, balance
                 FROM users
-              '''):
+                WHERE touchkey IS NOT NULL OR NOT :must_have_touchkey 
+              ''', {
+                'must_have_touchkey': with_touchkey
+            }):
                 # Decompose each row and put the values into a User object
                 user_id, username, email, is_admin, is_member, balance = row
                 users.append(User(user_id, username, balance, email, is_admin, is_member))
diff --git a/matemat/webserver/pagelets/__init__.py b/matemat/webserver/pagelets/__init__.py
index c336f46..4ef6fd5 100644
--- a/matemat/webserver/pagelets/__init__.py
+++ b/matemat/webserver/pagelets/__init__.py
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ from .deposit import deposit
 from .admin import admin
 from .moduser import moduser
 from .modproduct import modproduct
+from .userbootstrap import userbootstrap
diff --git a/matemat/webserver/pagelets/main.py b/matemat/webserver/pagelets/main.py
index 81f2d7d..8524e4a 100644
--- a/matemat/webserver/pagelets/main.py
+++ b/matemat/webserver/pagelets/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Union
 
-from matemat.webserver import pagelet, RequestArguments, PageletResponse, TemplateResponse
+from matemat.webserver import pagelet, RequestArguments, PageletResponse, TemplateResponse, RedirectResponse
 from matemat.db import MatematDatabase
 
 
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ def main_page(method: str,
                                     authuser=user, products=products, authlevel=authlevel,
                                     setupname=config['InstanceName'])
         else:
+            if not db.has_admin_users():
+                return RedirectResponse('/userbootstrap')
             # If no user is logged in, fetch the list of users and render the userlist template
-            users = db.list_users()
+            users = db.list_users(with_touchkey=True)
             return TemplateResponse('userlist.html',
                                     users=users, setupname=config['InstanceName'])
diff --git a/matemat/webserver/pagelets/userbootstrap.py b/matemat/webserver/pagelets/userbootstrap.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9ac067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matemat/webserver/pagelets/userbootstrap.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+from typing import Any, Dict, Union
+
+from matemat.db import MatematDatabase
+from matemat.webserver import pagelet, RequestArguments, PageletResponse, RedirectResponse, TemplateResponse
+from matemat.exceptions import HttpException
+
+
+@pagelet('/userbootstrap')
+def userbootstrap(method: str,
+                  path: str,
+                  args: RequestArguments,
+                  session_vars: Dict[str, Any],
+                  headers: Dict[str, str],
+                  config: Dict[str, str]) \
+        -> Union[bytes, str, PageletResponse]:
+    with MatematDatabase(config['DatabaseFile']) as db:
+        if db.has_admin_users():
+            return RedirectResponse('/')
+        if method == 'POST':
+            if 'username' not in args or 'password' not in args or 'password2' not in args:
+                raise HttpException(400, 'Some arguments are missing')
+            username: str = str(args.username)
+            password: str = str(args.password)
+            password2: str = str(args.password2)
+            if password != password2:
+                return RedirectResponse('/userbootstrap')
+            db.create_user(username, password, None, True, False)
+            return RedirectResponse('/')
+        else:
+            return TemplateResponse('userbootstrap.html',
+                                    setupname=config['InstanceName'])
diff --git a/templates/userbootstrap.html b/templates/userbootstrap.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57c8a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/userbootstrap.html
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block header %}
+    <h1>Setup</h1>
+    {{ super() }}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block main %}
+
+    {# Show a user creation form #}
+    Please create an admin user account
+    <form method="post" action="/userbootstrap" accept-charset="UTF-8">
+        <label for="username">Username: </label>
+        <input id="username" type="text" name="username"/><br/>
+
+        <label for="password">Password: </label>
+        <input id="password" type="password" name="password"/><br/>
+
+        <label for="password2">Repeat: </label>
+        <input id="password2" type="password" name="password2"/><br/>
+
+        <input type="submit" value="Create user">
+    </form>
+
+    {{ super() }}
+
+{% endblock %}