diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d34892..2e39c7d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Note: Breaking changes between versions are indicated by "💥".
 
+## Latest
+
+- [Bugfix] Add pre-init hook for correct initialisation of minio
+
 ## 3.5.2 (2019-07-05)
 
 - [Security] Apply certificate XSS security patch
diff --git a/docs/plugins.rst b/docs/plugins.rst
index 7339381..47c0ad3 100644
--- a/docs/plugins.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins.rst
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ Example::
     
 During initialisation, "myservice1" and "myservice2" will be run in sequence with the commands defined in the templates ``myplugin/hooks/myservice1/init`` and ``myplugin/hooks/myservice2/init``.
 
+``pre-init``
+++++++++++++
+
+This hook will be executed just before the ``init`` hooks. Otherwise, the specs are identical. This is useful for creating databases or other resources that will be required during initialisation, for instance.
+
+
 ``build-image``
 +++++++++++++++
 
diff --git a/plugins/minio/setup.py b/plugins/minio/setup.py
index 2fba2f2..ac3f5ea 100644
--- a/plugins/minio/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/minio/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ with io.open(os.path.join(here, "README.rst"), "rt", encoding="utf8") as f:
 
 setup(
     name="tutor-minio",
-    version="0.0.1",
+    version="0.0.2",
     url="https://docs.tutor.overhang.io/",
     project_urls={
         "Documentation": "https://docs.tutor.overhang.io/",
diff --git a/plugins/minio/tutorminio/plugin.py b/plugins/minio/tutorminio/plugin.py
index fcea1dd..dc8aee7 100644
--- a/plugins/minio/tutorminio/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/minio/tutorminio/plugin.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ config = {
 templates = os.path.join(HERE, "templates")
 
 hooks = {
-    "init": ["minio-client"],
+    "pre-init": ["minio-client"],
     "remote-image": {
         "minio-server": "{{ MINIO_DOCKER_IMAGE_SERVER }}",
         "minio-client": "{{ MINIO_DOCKER_IMAGE_CLIENT }}",
diff --git a/plugins/minio/tutorminio/templates/minio/hooks/minio-client/init b/plugins/minio/tutorminio/templates/minio/hooks/minio-client/pre-init
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/minio/tutorminio/templates/minio/hooks/minio-client/init
rename to plugins/minio/tutorminio/templates/minio/hooks/minio-client/pre-init
diff --git a/tutor/scripts.py b/tutor/scripts.py
index a223bef..ccfe84d 100644
--- a/tutor/scripts.py
+++ b/tutor/scripts.py
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ class BaseRunner:
 def initialise(runner):
     fmt.echo_info("Initialising all services...")
     runner.run("mysql-client", "hooks", "mysql-client", "init")
+    for plugin_name, hook in runner.iter_plugin_hooks("pre-init"):
+        for service in hook:
+            fmt.echo_info(
+                "Plugin {}: running pre-init for service {}...".format(plugin_name, service)
+            )
+            runner.run(service, plugin_name, "hooks", service, "pre-init")
     for service in ["lms", "cms", "forum"]:
         if runner.is_activated(service):
             fmt.echo_info("Initialising {}...".format(service))