diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-peertube b/src/freedombone-app-peertube
index b56660ce..fa3713eb 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-peertube
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-peertube
@@ -1069,6 +1069,8 @@ function install_peertube {
     # update the admin email address after creation of the database
     sed -i "s|email: .*|email: '$MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS'|g" $PEERTUBE_DIR/config/production.yaml
 
+    peertube_import_from_syncthing
+
     set_completion_param "peertube domain" "$PEERTUBE_DOMAIN_NAME"
     APP_INSTALLED=1
 }