diff --git a/lib/modules/onboarding/onboarding.php b/lib/modules/onboarding/onboarding.php
index f08269a2..32d2a807 100644
--- a/lib/modules/onboarding/onboarding.php
+++ b/lib/modules/onboarding/onboarding.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 namespace Podlove\Modules\Onboarding;
 
 use Podlove\Modules\Onboarding\Settings\OnboardingPage;
-use Podlove\Api\Admin\WP_REST_PodloveOnboarding_Controller;
+use Podlove\Modules\Onboarding\WP_REST_PodloveOnboarding_Controller;
 
 class Onboarding extends \Podlove\Modules\Base
 {
diff --git a/lib/modules/onboarding/rest_api.php b/lib/modules/onboarding/rest_api.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96b61e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/modules/onboarding/rest_api.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Podlove\Modules\Onboarding;
+
+use Podlove\Modules\WordpressFileUpload\Wordpress_File_Upload;
+use WP_REST_Controller;
+
+class WP_REST_PodloveOnboarding_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller
+{
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->namespace = 'podlove/v2';
+        $this->rest_base = 'onboarding';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register the component routes.
+     */
+    public function register_routes()
+    {
+        register_rest_route($this->namespace, $this->rest_base."/setup", [
+            [
+                'methods' => \WP_REST_SERVER::EDITABLE,
+                'callback' => [$this, 'update_items'],
+                'permission_callback' => [$this, 'update_permissions_check']
+            ]
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public function update_items($request)
+    {
+        // activate File-Upload-Module and set default settings
+        if (!\Podlove\Modules\Base::is_active('wordpress_file_upload')) {
+            \Podlove\Modules\Base::activate('wordpress_file_upload');
+        }
+        $upload_modul = Wordpress_File_Upload::instance();
+        $upload_modul->update_module_option('upload_subdir', 'podlove-media');
+        // set upload loaction to emty
+        $settings = get_option('podlove_podcast');
+        $settings["media_file_base_uri"] = "";
+        update_option('podlove_podcast', $settings);
+    }
+
+    public function update_permissions_check($request)
+    {
+        if (!current_user_can('edit_posts')) {
+            return new \Podlove\Api\Error\ForbiddenAccess();
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}