diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/boot/BootstrapContextListener.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/boot/BootstrapContextListener.java
index 40eb7b2496..76aad46b77 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/boot/BootstrapContextListener.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/boot/BootstrapContextListener.java
@@ -141,35 +141,43 @@ public class BootstrapContextListener implements ServletContextListener {
   }
 
   private void createContextListener(File pluginDirectory) {
+    ClassLoader cl;
+    Set<PluginWrapper> plugins;
+    PluginLoader pluginLoader;
 
     try {
       renameOldPluginsFolder(pluginDirectory);
+
       if (!isCorePluginExtractionDisabled()) {
         extractCorePlugins(context, pluginDirectory);
       } else {
         logger.info("core plugin extraction is disabled");
       }
 
-      ClassLoader cl = ClassLoaders.getContextClassLoader(BootstrapContextListener.class);
+      cl = ClassLoaders.getContextClassLoader(BootstrapContextListener.class);
 
-      Set<PluginWrapper> plugins = PluginsInternal.collectPlugins(cl, pluginDirectory.toPath());
+      plugins = PluginsInternal.collectPlugins(cl, pluginDirectory.toPath());
 
-      PluginLoader pluginLoader = new DefaultPluginLoader(context, cl, plugins);
+      pluginLoader = new DefaultPluginLoader(context, cl, plugins);
 
-      Injector bootstrapInjector = createBootstrapInjector(pluginLoader);
-
-      MigrationWizardContextListener wizardContextListener = prepareWizardIfNeeded(bootstrapInjector);
-
-      if (wizardContextListener.wizardNecessary()) {
-        contextListener = wizardContextListener;
-      } else {
-        processUpdates(pluginLoader, bootstrapInjector);
-
-        contextListener = bootstrapInjector.getInstance(ScmContextListener.Factory.class).create(cl, plugins);
-      }
     } catch (IOException ex) {
       throw new PluginLoadException("could not load plugins", ex);
     }
+
+    Injector bootstrapInjector = createBootstrapInjector(pluginLoader);
+
+    startEitherMigrationOrNormalServlet(cl, plugins, pluginLoader, bootstrapInjector);
+  }
+
+  private void startEitherMigrationOrNormalServlet(ClassLoader cl, Set<PluginWrapper> plugins, PluginLoader pluginLoader, Injector bootstrapInjector) {
+    MigrationWizardContextListener wizardContextListener = prepareWizardIfNeeded(bootstrapInjector);
+
+    if (wizardContextListener.wizardNecessary()) {
+      contextListener = wizardContextListener;
+    } else {
+      processUpdates(pluginLoader, bootstrapInjector);
+      contextListener = bootstrapInjector.getInstance(ScmContextListener.Factory.class).create(cl, plugins);
+    }
   }
 
   private void renameOldPluginsFolder(File pluginDirectory) {
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/update/MigrationWizardModule.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/update/MigrationWizardModule.java
index 55b1644bb8..b2c4e842a3 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/update/MigrationWizardModule.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/update/MigrationWizardModule.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class MigrationWizardModule extends ServletModule {
     LOG.info("=                                                        =");
     LOG.info("=             STARTING MIGRATION SERVLET                 =");
     LOG.info("=                                                        =");
+    LOG.info("=   Open SCM-Manager in a browser to start the wizard.   =");
+    LOG.info("=                                                        =");
     LOG.info("==========================================================");
     bind(PushStateDispatcher.class).toInstance((request, response, uri) -> {});
     serve("/images/*", "/styles/*").with(WebResourceServlet.class);
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/update/MigrationWizardServlet.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/update/MigrationWizardServlet.java
index e451e60120..53245565bd 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/update/MigrationWizardServlet.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/update/MigrationWizardServlet.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.stream;
-import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
 
 @Singleton
 class MigrationWizardServlet extends HttpServlet {
@@ -41,18 +40,19 @@ class MigrationWizardServlet extends HttpServlet {
   }
 
   public boolean wizardNecessary() {
-    return !repositoryV1UpdateStep.missingMigrationStrategies().isEmpty();
+    return !repositoryV1UpdateStep.getRepositoriesWithoutMigrationStrategies().isEmpty();
   }
 
   @Override
-  protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
-    List<XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep.V1Repository> missingMigrationStrategies = repositoryV1UpdateStep.missingMigrationStrategies();
+  protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
+    List<XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep.V1Repository> repositoriesWithoutMigrationStrategies =
+      repositoryV1UpdateStep.getRepositoriesWithoutMigrationStrategies();
 
     HashMap<String, Object> model = new HashMap<>();
 
     model.put("contextPath", req.getContextPath());
     model.put("submitUrl", req.getRequestURI());
-    model.put("repositories", missingMigrationStrategies);
+    model.put("repositories", repositoriesWithoutMigrationStrategies);
     model.put("strategies", getMigrationStrategies());
 
     MustacheFactory mf = new DefaultMustacheFactory();
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ class MigrationWizardServlet extends HttpServlet {
     respondWithTemplate(resp, model, template);
   }
 
-  private List<String> getMigrationStrategies() {
-    return stream(MigrationStrategy.values()).map(Enum::name).collect(toList());
-  }
-
   @Override
   protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) {
     resp.setStatus(200);
@@ -81,6 +77,10 @@ class MigrationWizardServlet extends HttpServlet {
     ScmEventBus.getInstance().post(new RestartEvent(MigrationWizardServlet.class, "wrote migration data"));
   }
 
+  private MigrationStrategy[] getMigrationStrategies() {
+    return MigrationStrategy.values();
+  }
+
   private void respondWithTemplate(HttpServletResponse resp, Map<String, Object> model, Mustache template) {
     PrintWriter writer;
     try {
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/update/repository/XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/update/repository/XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep.java
index b7037d0e05..aeb74971a9 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/update/repository/XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/update/repository/XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep implements UpdateStep {
     );
   }
 
-  public List<V1Repository> missingMigrationStrategies() {
+  public List<V1Repository> getRepositoriesWithoutMigrationStrategies() {
     if (!resolveV1File().exists()) {
       LOG.info("no v1 repositories database file found");
       return emptyList();