diff --git a/src/routes/admin.js b/src/routes/admin.js
index 6124f9beeb..1974c9e52b 100644
--- a/src/routes/admin.js
+++ b/src/routes/admin.js
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ function miscRoutes(app, middleware, controllers) {
 
 
 module.exports = function(app, middleware, controllers) {
-	app.all('/api/admin/*', middleware.admin.isAdmin, middleware.prepareAPI);
-	app.all('/admin/*', middleware.admin.isAdmin);
-	app.get('/admin', middleware.admin.isAdmin);
-
 	mainRoutes(app, middleware, controllers);
 	userRoutes(app, middleware, controllers);
 	forumRoutes(app, middleware, controllers);
diff --git a/src/routes/index.js b/src/routes/index.js
index ad48f0f580..71deb793df 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.js
+++ b/src/routes/index.js
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ module.exports = function(app, middleware) {
 	app.namespace(nconf.get('relative_path'), function() {
 		plugins.ready(function() {
 			app.all('/api/*', middleware.updateLastOnlineTime, middleware.prepareAPI);
+			app.all('/api/admin/*', middleware.admin.isAdmin, middleware.prepareAPI);
+			app.all('/admin/*', middleware.admin.isAdmin);
+			app.get('/admin', middleware.admin.isAdmin);
+
 			plugins.fireHook('action:app.load', app, middleware, controllers);
 
 			adminRoutes(app, middleware, controllers);