diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/InstallationManager.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/InstallationManager.cs
index 3479861d4..a85fdcc71 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/InstallationManager.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Infrastructure/InstallationManager.cs
@@ -25,13 +25,25 @@ public InstallationManager(IHostApplicationLifetime hostApplicationLifetime, IWe
         }
 
         public void InstallPackages(string folders, bool restart)
+        {
+            var webRootPath = _environment.WebRootPath;
+            
+            var install = UnpackPackages(folders, webRootPath);
+
+            if (install && restart)
+            {
+                RestartApplication();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static bool UnpackPackages(string folders, string webRootPath)
         {
             bool install = false;
             string binFolder = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly()?.Location);
 
             foreach (string folder in folders.Split(','))
             {
-                string sourceFolder = Path.Combine(_environment.WebRootPath, folder);
+                string sourceFolder = Path.Combine(webRootPath, folder);
 
                 // create folder if it does not exist
                 if (!Directory.Exists(sourceFolder))
@@ -66,6 +78,7 @@ public void InstallPackages(string folders, bool restart)
                                 {
                                     frameworkversion = node.Attributes["version"].Value;
                                 }
+
                                 reader.Close();
                             }
                         }
@@ -95,22 +108,21 @@ public void InstallPackages(string folders, bool restart)
                                         {
                                             Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(filename));
                                         }
+
                                         entry.ExtractToFile(filename, true);
                                         break;
                                 }
                             }
                         }
                     }
+
                     // remove package
                     File.Delete(packagename);
                     install = true;
                 }
             }
 
-            if (install && restart)
-            {
-                RestartApplication();
-            }
+            return install;
         }
 
         public void UpgradeFramework()
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Startup.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Startup.cs
index f2ed34bb3..777686097 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Startup.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Startup.cs
@@ -25,14 +25,15 @@ namespace Oqtane
     public class Startup
     {
         public IConfigurationRoot Configuration { get; }
-
+        private string _webRoot;
+        
         public Startup(IWebHostEnvironment env)
         {
             var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
                 .SetBasePath(env.ContentRootPath)
                 .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional: false, reloadOnChange: true);
             Configuration = builder.Build();
-
+            _webRoot = env.WebRootPath;              
             AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("DataDirectory", Path.Combine(env.ContentRootPath, "Data"));
         }
 
@@ -155,11 +156,7 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
             services.AddSingleton<DatabaseManager>();
 
             // install any modules or themes ( this needs to occur BEFORE the assemblies are loaded into the app domain )
-            #pragma warning disable ASP0000
-            ServiceProvider sp = services.BuildServiceProvider();
-            #pragma warning restore ASP0000 
-            var InstallationManager = sp.GetRequiredService<IInstallationManager>();
-            InstallationManager.InstallPackages("Modules,Themes", false);
+            InstallationManager.UnpackPackages("Modules,Themes", _webRoot);
 
             // register transient scoped core services
             services.AddTransient<IModuleDefinitionRepository, ModuleDefinitionRepository>();