diff --git a/admin-ui/src/main/java/eu/knowledge/engine/admin/AdminUI.java b/admin-ui/src/main/java/eu/knowledge/engine/admin/AdminUI.java
index 51fcfbf39..cde7f4d42 100644
--- a/admin-ui/src/main/java/eu/knowledge/engine/admin/AdminUI.java
+++ b/admin-ui/src/main/java/eu/knowledge/engine/admin/AdminUI.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ public class AdminUI implements KnowledgeBase {
 
 	private static final String META_GRAPH_PATTERN_STR = "?kb rdf:type ke:KnowledgeBase . ?kb ke:hasName ?name . ?kb ke:hasDescription ?description . ?kb ke:hasKnowledgeInteraction ?ki . ?ki rdf:type ?kiType . ?ki ke:isMeta ?isMeta . ?ki ke:hasCommunicativeAct ?act . ?act rdf:type ke:CommunicativeAct . ?act ke:hasRequirement ?req . ?act ke:hasSatisfaction ?sat . ?req rdf:type ?reqType . ?sat rdf:type ?satType . ?ki ke:hasGraphPattern ?gp . ?gp rdf:type ?patternType . ?gp ke:hasPattern ?pattern .";
 
+	private static final String CONF_KEY_INITIAL_ADMIN_UI_DELAY = "INITIAL_ADMIN_UI_DELAY";
+
 	private SmartConnector sc;
 	private final PrefixMapping prefixes;
 
@@ -119,17 +121,17 @@ public void smartConnectorReady(SmartConnector aSC) {
 		// create the correct Knowledge Interactions
 		this.aKI = new AskKnowledgeInteraction(new CommunicativeAct(), this.metaGraphPattern, true);
 		this.rKINew = new ReactKnowledgeInteraction(
-			new CommunicativeAct(new HashSet<Resource>(Arrays.asList(Vocab.NEW_KNOWLEDGE_PURPOSE)), new HashSet<Resource>(Arrays.asList(Vocab.INFORM_PURPOSE))),
-			this.metaGraphPattern, null
-		);
+				new CommunicativeAct(new HashSet<Resource>(Arrays.asList(Vocab.NEW_KNOWLEDGE_PURPOSE)),
+						new HashSet<Resource>(Arrays.asList(Vocab.INFORM_PURPOSE))),
+				this.metaGraphPattern, null);
 		this.rKIChanged = new ReactKnowledgeInteraction(
-			new CommunicativeAct(new HashSet<Resource>(Arrays.asList(Vocab.CHANGED_KNOWLEDGE_PURPOSE)), new HashSet<Resource>(Arrays.asList(Vocab.INFORM_PURPOSE))),
-			this.metaGraphPattern, null
-		);
+				new CommunicativeAct(new HashSet<Resource>(Arrays.asList(Vocab.CHANGED_KNOWLEDGE_PURPOSE)),
+						new HashSet<Resource>(Arrays.asList(Vocab.INFORM_PURPOSE))),
+				this.metaGraphPattern, null);
 		this.rKIRemoved = new ReactKnowledgeInteraction(
-			new CommunicativeAct(new HashSet<Resource>(Arrays.asList(Vocab.REMOVED_KNOWLEDGE_PURPOSE)), new HashSet<Resource>(Arrays.asList(Vocab.INFORM_PURPOSE))),
-			this.metaGraphPattern, null
-		);
+				new CommunicativeAct(new HashSet<Resource>(Arrays.asList(Vocab.REMOVED_KNOWLEDGE_PURPOSE)),
+						new HashSet<Resource>(Arrays.asList(Vocab.INFORM_PURPOSE))),
+				this.metaGraphPattern, null);
 
 		// register the knowledge interactions with the smart connector.
 		this.sc.register(this.aKI);
@@ -137,16 +139,23 @@ public void smartConnectorReady(SmartConnector aSC) {
 		this.sc.register(this.rKIChanged, (rki, ei) -> this.handleChangedKnowledgeBaseKnowledge(ei));
 		this.sc.register(this.rKIRemoved, (rki, ei) -> this.handleRemovedKnowledgeBaseKnowledge(ei));
 
-		// to receive the initial state, we do a single Ask
+		// to receive the initial state, we do a single Ask (after sleeping for a
+		// specific amount of time)
+		try {
+			Thread.sleep(Integer.parseInt(AdminUI.getConfigProperty(CONF_KEY_INITIAL_ADMIN_UI_DELAY, "5000")));
+		} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+			LOG.info("{}", e);
+		}
 		this.fetchInitialData();
 	}
 
 	public BindingSet handleNewKnowledgeBaseKnowledge(ReactExchangeInfo ei) {
-		if (!this.canReceiveUpdates()) return new BindingSet();
+		if (!this.canReceiveUpdates())
+			return new BindingSet();
 
 		try {
-			Model model = eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.impl.Util
-				.generateModel(this.aKI.getPattern(), ei.getArgumentBindings());
+			Model model = eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.impl.Util.generateModel(this.aKI.getPattern(),
+					ei.getArgumentBindings());
 
 			// this we can simply add to our model
 			this.model.add(model);
@@ -161,21 +170,23 @@ public BindingSet handleNewKnowledgeBaseKnowledge(ReactExchangeInfo ei) {
 		}
 		return new BindingSet();
 	}
-	
+
 	public BindingSet handleChangedKnowledgeBaseKnowledge(ReactExchangeInfo ei) {
-		if (!this.canReceiveUpdates()) return new BindingSet();
+		if (!this.canReceiveUpdates())
+			return new BindingSet();
 
 		try {
-			Model model = eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.impl.Util
-				.generateModel(this.aKI.getPattern(), ei.getArgumentBindings());
-			
+			Model model = eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.impl.Util.generateModel(this.aKI.getPattern(),
+					ei.getArgumentBindings());
+
 			// this is a little more complex... we have to:
 			// - extract the knowledge base that this message is about
 			// - delete all old data about that knowledge base
 			// - insert the *new* data about that knowledge base
 
 			Resource kb = model.query(new SimpleSelector(null, RDF.type, Vocab.KNOWLEDGE_BASE)).listSubjects().next();
-			String query = String.format("DELETE { %s } WHERE { %s FILTER (?kb = <%s>) } ", this.metaGraphPattern.getPattern(), this.metaGraphPattern.getPattern(), kb.toString());
+			String query = String.format("DELETE { %s } WHERE { %s FILTER (?kb = <%s>) } ",
+					this.metaGraphPattern.getPattern(), this.metaGraphPattern.getPattern(), kb.toString());
 			UpdateRequest updateRequest = UpdateFactory.create(query);
 			UpdateAction.execute(updateRequest, this.model);
 
@@ -193,18 +204,20 @@ public BindingSet handleChangedKnowledgeBaseKnowledge(ReactExchangeInfo ei) {
 	}
 
 	public BindingSet handleRemovedKnowledgeBaseKnowledge(ReactExchangeInfo ei) {
-		if (!this.canReceiveUpdates()) return new BindingSet();
+		if (!this.canReceiveUpdates())
+			return new BindingSet();
 
 		try {
-			Model model = eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.impl.Util
-				.generateModel(this.aKI.getPattern(), ei.getArgumentBindings());
+			Model model = eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.impl.Util.generateModel(this.aKI.getPattern(),
+					ei.getArgumentBindings());
 
 			// this is also a little complex... we have to:
 			// - extract the knowledge base that this message is about
 			// - delete all old data about that knowledge base
 
 			Resource kb = model.query(new SimpleSelector(null, RDF.type, Vocab.KNOWLEDGE_BASE)).listSubjects().next();
-			String query = String.format("DELETE { %s } WHERE { %s FILTER (?kb = <%s>) } ", this.metaGraphPattern.getPattern(), this.metaGraphPattern.getPattern(), kb.toString());
+			String query = String.format("DELETE { %s } WHERE { %s FILTER (?kb = <%s>) } ",
+					this.metaGraphPattern.getPattern(), this.metaGraphPattern.getPattern(), kb.toString());
 			UpdateRequest updateRequest = UpdateFactory.create(query);
 			UpdateAction.execute(updateRequest, this.model);
 
@@ -227,8 +240,8 @@ public void fetchInitialData() {
 			try {
 				// using the BindingSet#generateModel() helper method, we can combine the graph
 				// pattern and the bindings for its variables into a valid RDF Model.
-				this.model = eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.impl.Util
-					.generateModel(this.aKI.getPattern(), askResult.getBindings());
+				this.model = eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.impl.Util.generateModel(this.aKI.getPattern(),
+						askResult.getBindings());
 				this.model.setNsPrefixes(this.prefixes);
 				// when result available (and the config is enabled), we print the
 				// knowledge bases to the console.
@@ -316,4 +329,15 @@ public void close() {
 	public Model getModel() {
 		return model;
 	}
+
+	public static String getConfigProperty(String key, String defaultValue) {
+		// We might replace this with something a bit more fancy in the future...
+		String value = System.getenv(key);
+		if (value == null) {
+			value = defaultValue;
+			LOG.info("No value for the configuration parameter '" + key + "' was provided, using the default value '"
+					+ defaultValue + "'");
+		}
+		return value;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/admin-ui/src/main/java/eu/knowledge/engine/admin/api/impl/AdminApiServiceImpl.java b/admin-ui/src/main/java/eu/knowledge/engine/admin/api/impl/AdminApiServiceImpl.java
index 3f02b2606..c04ee69ad 100644
--- a/admin-ui/src/main/java/eu/knowledge/engine/admin/api/impl/AdminApiServiceImpl.java
+++ b/admin-ui/src/main/java/eu/knowledge/engine/admin/api/impl/AdminApiServiceImpl.java
@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ public void getSCOverview(
 		}
 	}
 
+	@GET
+	@Path("/reload")
+	@Operation(summary = "Manually reload the admin-ui's smart connectors within the network. This is sometimes necessary when the initial load did not pick up all SCs correctly.")
+	@ApiResponses(value = { @ApiResponse(responseCode = "200", description = "If the SC were reloaded."),
+			@ApiResponse(responseCode = "500", description = "If a problem occurred.") })
+	public void reloadSCs() {
+		AdminUI.newInstance(false).fetchInitialData();
+	}
+
 	private eu.knowledge.engine.admin.model.SmartConnector[] findAndAddConnections(SmartConnector[] smartConnectors) {
 
 		Set<KnowledgeInteractionInfo> allRelevantKnowledgeInteractions = new HashSet<>();