diff --git a/applications/pelican/pelican.nix b/applications/pelican/pelican.nix
index 32dadb6..4360334 100644
--- a/applications/pelican/pelican.nix
+++ b/applications/pelican/pelican.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,30 @@ with lib; let
   cfg = config.services.skynet."${name}";
   php_pool = name;
   domain_panel = "${cfg.panel.domain.sub}.${cfg.panel.domain.base}.${cfg.panel.domain.tld}";
+
+  packages = let
+    dir = cfg.panel.dir;
+  in [
+    pkgs.curl
+    pkgs.gnutar
+    pkgs.unzip
+    pkgs.gzip
+    pkgs.php83
+    pkgs.php83Packages.composer
+    pkgs.php83Extensions.gd
+    pkgs.php83Extensions.mysqli
+    pkgs.php83Extensions.mbstring
+    pkgs.php83Extensions.bcmath
+    pkgs.php83Extensions.xml
+    pkgs.php83Extensions.curl
+    pkgs.php83Extensions.zip
+    pkgs.php83Extensions.intl
+    pkgs.php83Extensions.sqlite3
+    (import ./pelican-panel-update.nix {
+      inherit pkgs;
+      inherit dir;
+    })
+  ];
 in {
   imports = [
   ];
@@ -66,32 +90,7 @@ in {
         }
       ];
 
-      environment.systemPackages = let
-        dir = cfg.panel.dir;
-      in [
-        pkgs.curl
-        pkgs.gnutar
-        pkgs.unzip
-        pkgs.php83
-        pkgs.php83Packages.composer
-        pkgs.php83Extensions.gd
-        pkgs.php83Extensions.mysqli
-        pkgs.php83Extensions.mbstring
-        pkgs.php83Extensions.bcmath
-        pkgs.php83Extensions.xml
-        pkgs.php83Extensions.curl
-        pkgs.php83Extensions.zip
-        pkgs.php83Extensions.intl
-        pkgs.php83Extensions.sqlite3
-        (import ./pelican-panel-install.nix {
-          inherit pkgs;
-          inherit dir;
-        })
-        (import ./pelican-panel-update.nix {
-          inherit pkgs;
-          inherit dir;
-        })
-      ];
+      environment.systemPackages = packages;
 
       systemd.timers."pelican-cron" = {
         wantedBy = ["timers.target"];
@@ -124,6 +123,46 @@ in {
         };
       };
 
+      systemd.services.pelican-panel-setup = {
+        wantedBy = ["pelican-queue.target" "pelican-cron.target"];
+        partOf = [];
+        path = packages;
+        serviceConfig = {
+          Type = "oneshot";
+          User = "root";
+          Group = "root";
+          TimeoutSec = "infinity";
+          Restart = "on-failure";
+          RemainAfterExit = true;
+          ExecStart = pkgs.writeShellScript "pelican-panel-install" ''
+            DIR=${cfg.panel.dir}
+
+            echo "Installing Pelican panel to $DIR ..."
+            if [ -d $DIR ]; then
+              echo "Directory $DIR already exists, exiting"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            echo "Creating directory ..."
+            mkdir -p $DIR
+            cd $DIR
+
+            echo "Downloading Pelican panel ..."
+            curl -L https://github.com/pelican-dev/panel/releases/latest/download/panel.tar.gz | tar -xzv
+            echo "Installing Pelican panel using composer ..."
+            yes | composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
+
+            echo "Setting up the environment ..."
+            yes "" | php artisan p:environment:setup
+
+            echo "Setting permissions ..."
+            chmod -R 755 storage/* bootstrap/cache/
+            chown -R ${config.services.nginx.user}:${config.services.nginx.group} $DIR
+
+            echo "Pelican panel installed successfully"
+          '';
+        };
+      };
+
       services.phpfpm.pools.${php_pool} = {
         user = config.services.nginx.user;
         group = config.services.nginx.group;