diff --git a/authentik/root/install_id.py b/authentik/root/install_id.py
index 415cd0664..a77e7b9ac 100644
--- a/authentik/root/install_id.py
+++ b/authentik/root/install_id.py
@@ -2,16 +2,40 @@
 from functools import lru_cache
 from uuid import uuid4
 
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.db import connection
+from psycopg2 import connect
+
+from authentik.lib.config import CONFIG
 
 
 @lru_cache
 def get_install_id() -> str:
     """Get install ID of this instance. The method is cached as the install ID is
     not expected to change"""
+    from django.conf import settings
+    from django.db import connection
+
     if settings.TEST:
         return str(uuid4())
     with connection.cursor() as cursor:
         cursor.execute("SELECT id FROM authentik_install_id LIMIT 1;")
         return cursor.fetchone()[0]
+
+
+@lru_cache
+def get_install_id_raw():
+    """Get install_id without django loaded, this is required for the startup when we get
+    the install_id but django isn't loaded yet and we can't use the function above."""
+    conn = connect(
+        dbname=CONFIG.y("postgresql.name"),
+        user=CONFIG.y("postgresql.user"),
+        password=CONFIG.y("postgresql.password"),
+        host=CONFIG.y("postgresql.host"),
+        port=int(CONFIG.y("postgresql.port")),
+        sslmode=CONFIG.y("postgresql.sslmode"),
+        sslrootcert=CONFIG.y("postgresql.sslrootcert"),
+        sslcert=CONFIG.y("postgresql.sslcert"),
+        sslkey=CONFIG.y("postgresql.sslkey"),
+    )
+    cursor = conn.cursor()
+    cursor.execute("SELECT id FROM authentik_install_id LIMIT 1;")
+    return cursor.fetchone()[0]
diff --git a/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py b/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py
index ccf80ffb4..641e23528 100644
--- a/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py
+++ b/lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from authentik import get_full_version
 from authentik.lib.config import CONFIG
 from authentik.lib.utils.http import get_http_session
 from authentik.lib.utils.reflection import get_env
-from authentik.root.install_id import get_install_id
+from authentik.root.install_id import get_install_id_raw
 from lifecycle.worker import DjangoUvicornWorker
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ if not CONFIG.y_bool("disable_startup_analytics", False):
                     ),
                 },
                 headers={
-                    "User-Agent": sha512(get_install_id().encode("ascii")).hexdigest()[:16],
+                    "User-Agent": sha512(get_install_id_raw().encode("ascii")).hexdigest()[:16],
                     "Content-Type": "application/json",
                 },
                 timeout=5,