diff --git a/Wave/Components/Pages/Admin.razor b/Wave/Components/Pages/Admin.razor
index d4e473e..f04fa32 100644
--- a/Wave/Components/Pages/Admin.razor
+++ b/Wave/Components/Pages/Admin.razor
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 @using Wave.Components.Account.Shared
 @using Wave.Data
 @using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization
+@using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Distributed;
+@using System.Text;
 
 @attribute [Authorize]
 @inject IdentityUserAccessor UserAccessor
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@
 @inject SignInManager<ApplicationUser> SignInManager
 @inject IdentityRedirectManager RedirectManager
 @inject IStringLocalizer<Admin> Localizer
+@inject IDistributedCache WaveDistributedCache
 
 <PageTitle>@(TitlePrefix + Localizer["Title"])</PageTitle>
 
@@ -52,8 +55,8 @@
     protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync() {
         User = await UserAccessor.GetRequiredUserAsync(HttpContext);
 
-        string path = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "admin.txt");
-        if (File.Exists(path)) Password = await File.ReadAllTextAsync(path);
+        Password = await WaveDistributedCache.GetStringAsync("admin_promote_key")
+                   ?? "";
     }
 
     private async Task Promote() {
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@
             }
         }
         await UserManager.AddToRoleAsync(User, "Admin");
-        File.Delete(Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "admin.txt"));
+        await WaveDistributedCache.RemoveAsync("admin_promote_key");
         await SignInManager.RefreshSignInAsync(User);
         Message = "You have been promoted, this tool is now disabled.";
     }
@@ -84,4 +87,4 @@
     private sealed class InputModel {
         public string Password { get; set; } = string.Empty;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Wave/Program.cs b/Wave/Program.cs
index c69b652..85974a0 100644
--- a/Wave/Program.cs
+++ b/Wave/Program.cs
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.UI.Services;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Distributed;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using StackExchange.Redis;
+using System.Text;
 using Tomlyn.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Wave.Components;
 using Wave.Components.Account;
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@
 	.AddPolicy("ArticleDeletePermissions", p => p.RequireRole("Moderator", "Admin"))
 	.AddPolicy("CategoryManagePermissions", p => p.RequireRole("Admin"))
 	.AddPolicy("RoleAssignPermissions", p => p.RequireRole("Admin"))
-	
+
 	.AddPolicy("ArticleEditOrReviewPermissions", p => p.RequireRole("Author", "Reviewer", "Admin"));
 builder.Services.AddAuthentication(options => {
 		options.DefaultScheme = IdentityConstants.ApplicationScheme;
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@
 
 #region Identity
 
-string connectionString = builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection") 
+string connectionString = builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")
 						  ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Connection string 'DefaultConnection' not found.");
 builder.Services.AddDbContextFactory<ApplicationDbContext>(options =>
 	options.UseNpgsql(connectionString));
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@
 
 builder.Services.Configure<Features>(builder.Configuration.GetSection(nameof(Features)));
 builder.Services.Configure<Customization>(builder.Configuration.GetSection(nameof(Customization)));
-builder.Services.AddCascadingValue("TitlePrefix", 
+builder.Services.AddCascadingValue("TitlePrefix",
 	sf => (sf.GetService<IOptions<Customization>>()?.Value.AppName ?? "Wave") + " - ");
 
 var smtpConfig = builder.Configuration.GetSection("Email:Smtp");
@@ -190,10 +192,19 @@
 
 	var userManager = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<UserManager<ApplicationUser>>();
 	if (userManager.GetUsersInRoleAsync("Admin").Result.Any() is false) {
-		string admin = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N")[..16];
+		IDistributedCache cache = app.Services.GetRequiredService<IDistributedCache>();
+
+		// Check first wheter the password exists already
+		string admin = await cache.GetStringAsync("admin_promote_key");
+
+		// If it does not exist, create a new one and save it to redis
+		if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(admin)){
+			admin = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N")[..16];
+			await cache.SetAsync("admin_promote_key", Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(admin), new DistributedCacheEntryOptions{});
+		}
+
 		app.Logger.LogWarning("There is currently no user in your installation with the admin role, " +
 							  "go to /Admin and use the following password to self promote your account: {admin}", admin);
-		File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "admin.txt"), admin);
 	}
 }