diff --git a/src/acl/AclManager.cc b/src/acl/AclManager.cc
index 8081c31314..6edc23a79f 100644
--- a/src/acl/AclManager.cc
+++ b/src/acl/AclManager.cc
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ AclManager::AclManager(SqlDB * _db) : db(_db), lastOID(-1)
     db->exec(oss, this);
 
     unset_callback();
+
+    if (lastOID == -1)
+    {
+        // Add a default rule
+        // @1 VM+NET+IMAGE+TEMPLATE/* CREATE+INFO_POOL_MINE
+        string error_str;
+        add_rule(0x200000001LL, 0x2d400000000LL, 0x41LL, error_str);
+    }
 }
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -469,11 +477,6 @@ void AclManager::bootstrap(SqlDB * _db)
     ostringstream oss(db_bootstrap);
 
     _db->exec(oss);
-
-    // Add a default rule
-    // @1 VM+NET+IMAGE+TEMPLATE/* CREATE+INFO_POOL_MINE
-    AclRule default_rule(0, 0x200000001LL, 0x2d400000000LL, 0x41LL);
-    insert(&default_rule, _db);
 }
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */