diff --git a/base/ca/src/main/java/org/dogtagpki/server/ca/CAEngine.java b/base/ca/src/main/java/org/dogtagpki/server/ca/CAEngine.java
index e520d7ae54b..178a8978ac5 100644
--- a/base/ca/src/main/java/org/dogtagpki/server/ca/CAEngine.java
+++ b/base/ca/src/main/java/org/dogtagpki/server/ca/CAEngine.java
@@ -793,6 +793,8 @@ public void startSerialNumberUpdateTask() throws Exception {
     @Override
     public void initSubsystems() throws Exception {
 
+        super.initSubsystems();
+
         CertificateAuthority hostCA = getCA();
 
         CAEngineConfig engineConfig = getConfig();
@@ -909,8 +911,6 @@ public void initSubsystems() throws Exception {
             initCRLPublisher();
             initPublisherProcessor();
         }
-
-        super.initSubsystems();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/base/server/src/main/java/com/netscape/cmscore/apps/CMSEngine.java b/base/server/src/main/java/com/netscape/cmscore/apps/CMSEngine.java
index cf22d0dc380..b8399d126a4 100644
--- a/base/server/src/main/java/com/netscape/cmscore/apps/CMSEngine.java
+++ b/base/server/src/main/java/com/netscape/cmscore/apps/CMSEngine.java
@@ -879,8 +879,6 @@ public void initSecurityDomain() throws Exception {
     public void init() throws Exception {
 
         logger.info("Initializing " + name + " subsystem");
-
-        loadSubsystems();
         initSubsystems();
 
         // The ports must be configured here to avoid problems
@@ -968,10 +966,20 @@ public void setSubsystemEnabled(String id, boolean enabled) {
         si.enabled = enabled;
     }
 
+    public void initSubsystem(Subsystem subsystem, ConfigStore subsystemConfig) throws Exception {
+
+        if (subsystem instanceof SelfTestSubsystem) {
+            // skip SelfTestSubsystem during installation
+            if (isPreOpMode()) return;
+        }
+
+        subsystem.init(subsystemConfig);
+    }
+
     /**
      * load subsystems
      */
-    protected void loadSubsystems() throws Exception {
+    public void initSubsystems() throws Exception {
 
         subsystemInfos.clear();
         subsystems.clear();
@@ -979,12 +987,12 @@ protected void loadSubsystems() throws Exception {
         SubsystemsConfig subsystemsConfig = mConfig.getSubsystemsConfig();
 
         for (String subsystemNumber : subsystemsConfig.getSubsystemNames()) {
-            SubsystemConfig subsystemConfig = subsystemsConfig.getSubsystemConfig(subsystemNumber);
-            String id = subsystemConfig.getID();
-            logger.info("CMSEngine: Loading " + id + " subsystem");
+            SubsystemConfig subsystemInfoConfig = subsystemsConfig.getSubsystemConfig(subsystemNumber);
+            String id = subsystemInfoConfig.getID();
+            logger.info("CMSEngine: Initializing " + id + " subsystem");
 
-            String className = subsystemConfig.getClassName();
-            boolean enabled = subsystemConfig.isEnabled();
+            String className = subsystemInfoConfig.getClassName();
+            boolean enabled = subsystemInfoConfig.isEnabled();
 
             Subsystem subsystem = (Subsystem) Class.forName(className).getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
             subsystem.setCMSEngine(this);
@@ -995,26 +1003,6 @@ protected void loadSubsystems() throws Exception {
 
             subsystems.put(id, subsystem);
             subsystemInfos.put(id, subsystemInfo);
-        }
-    }
-
-    public void initSubsystem(Subsystem subsystem, ConfigStore subsystemConfig) throws Exception {
-
-        if (subsystem instanceof SelfTestSubsystem) {
-            // skip SelfTestSubsystem during installation
-            if (isPreOpMode()) return;
-        }
-
-        subsystem.init(subsystemConfig);
-    }
-
-    public void initSubsystems() throws Exception {
-
-        for (String id : subsystems.keySet()) {
-            logger.info("CMSEngine: Initializing " + id + " subsystem");
-
-            Subsystem subsystem = subsystems.get(id);
-            SubsystemInfo subsystemInfo = subsystemInfos.get(id);
 
             if (subsystemInfo.updateIdOnInit) {
                 subsystem.setId(id);