diff --git a/rootfs/setup/app/extra_scripts.sh b/rootfs/setup/app/extra_scripts.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..80a70ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rootfs/setup/app/extra_scripts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# this is called before uwsgi is executed
+# uset his to add extra scripts before ckan is started
diff --git a/rootfs/setup/app/start_ckan.sh b/rootfs/setup/app/start_ckan.sh
index 5849813..ca5799e 100755
--- a/rootfs/setup/app/start_ckan.sh
+++ b/rootfs/setup/app/start_ckan.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ UWSGI_OPTS="--plugins http,python,gevent --socket /tmp/uwsgi.sock --uid 92 --gid
 # Check whether http basic auth password protection is enabled and enable basicauth routing on uwsgi respecfully
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]
 then
+  extra_scripts.sh
   if [ "$PASSWORD_PROTECT" = true ]
   then
     if [ "$HTPASSWD_USER" ] || [ "$HTPASSWD_PASSWORD" ]