diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Event/Subscriber/PhraseaInstallSubscriber.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Event/Subscriber/PhraseaInstallSubscriber.php
index ae0f9b415a..91d7efaaac 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Event/Subscriber/PhraseaInstallSubscriber.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Event/Subscriber/PhraseaInstallSubscriber.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\PhraseaEvents;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Model\Entities\ApiApplication;
 use Silex\Application;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
 
 class PhraseaInstallSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface
 {
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ class PhraseaInstallSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface
     {
         $this->createNavigatorApplication();
         $this->createOfficePluginApplication();
+        $this->generateProxies();
     }
 
     private function createNavigatorApplication()
@@ -74,4 +76,11 @@ class PhraseaInstallSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface
 
         $this->app['manipulator.api-application']->update($application);
     }
+
+    private function generateProxies()
+    {
+        $process = new Process('php ' . $this->app['root.path']. '/bin/developer orm:generate:proxies');
+        $process->setTimeout(300);
+        $process->run();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Helper/DatabaseHelper.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Helper/DatabaseHelper.php
index 49bc1207bb..2d39b5f0c7 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Helper/DatabaseHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Helper/DatabaseHelper.php
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Helper;
 
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+
 class DatabaseHelper extends Helper
 {
     public function checkConnection()
@@ -21,66 +23,46 @@ class DatabaseHelper extends Helper
         $password = $this->request->query->get('password');
         $db_name = $this->request->query->get('db_name');
 
-        $connection_ok = $db_ok = $is_databox = $is_appbox = $empty = false;
+        $is_databox = $is_appbox = $empty = false;
 
-        try {
-            $connection = $this->app['dbal.provider']([
-                'host'     => $hostname,
-                'port'     => $port,
-                'user'     => $user,
-                'password' => $password
-            ]);
-            $connection->connect();
-            $connection_ok = true;
-            $connection->close();
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+        /** @var Connection $connection */
+        $connection = $this->app['dbal.provider']([
+            'host'     => $hostname,
+            'port'     => $port,
+            'user'     => $user,
+            'password' => $password,
+            'dbname'   => $db_name,
+        ]);
 
-        }
-        unset($connection);
+        if (false !== $dbOK = $connection->isConnected()) {
+            $sql = "SHOW TABLE STATUS";
+            $stmt = $connection->prepare($sql);
+            $stmt->execute();
 
-        if (null !== $db_name && $connection_ok) {
-            try {
-                $connection = $this->app['dbal.provider']([
-                    'host'     => $hostname,
-                    'port'     => $port,
-                    'user'     => $user,
-                    'password' => $password,
-                    'dbname'   => $db_name,
-                ]);
+            $empty = $stmt->rowCount() === 0;
 
-                $db_ok = true;
+            $rs = $stmt->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+            $stmt->closeCursor();
 
-                $sql = "SHOW TABLE STATUS";
-                $stmt = $connection->prepare($sql);
-                $stmt->execute();
-
-                $empty = $stmt->rowCount() === 0;
-
-                $rs = $stmt->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
-                $stmt->closeCursor();
-
-                foreach ($rs as $row) {
-                    if ($row["Name"] === 'sitepreff') {
-                        $is_appbox = true;
-                    }
-                    if ($row["Name"] === 'pref') {
-                        $is_databox = true;
-                    }
+            foreach ($rs as $row) {
+                if ($row["Name"] === 'sitepreff') {
+                    $is_appbox = true;
+                }
+                if ($row["Name"] === 'pref') {
+                    $is_databox = true;
                 }
-                $connection->close();
-            } catch (\Exception $e) {
-
             }
-
-            unset($connection);
+            $connection->close();
         }
 
+        unset($connection);
+
         $this->app['connection.pool.manager']->closeAll();
 
         return [
-            'connection' => $connection_ok,
+            'connection' => $dbOK,
             'innodb'     => true,
-            'database'   => $db_ok,
+            'database'   => $dbOK,
             'is_empty'   => $empty,
             'is_appbox'  => $is_appbox,
             'is_databox' => $is_databox
diff --git a/resources/vagrant/config/bower/.bowerrc b/resources/vagrant/config/bower/.bowerrc
deleted file mode 100644
index f303864386..0000000000
--- a/resources/vagrant/config/bower/.bowerrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "directory": "www/assets",
-    "interactive": false
-}
diff --git a/resources/vagrant/vms/phraseanet-php54-nginx/puphpet/files/exec-once/setup b/resources/vagrant/vms/phraseanet-php54-nginx/puphpet/files/exec-once/setup
index ff7db2474e..598dcb2c7d 100644
--- a/resources/vagrant/vms/phraseanet-php54-nginx/puphpet/files/exec-once/setup
+++ b/resources/vagrant/vms/phraseanet-php54-nginx/puphpet/files/exec-once/setup
@@ -145,16 +145,12 @@ then
     #copy configuration template
     mv /var/www/phraseanet/lib/conf.d/configuration.yml /var/www/phraseanet/lib/conf.d/configuration.yml.bkp
     cp /vagrant/resources/vagrant/config/phraseanet/configuration.yml /var/www/phraseanet/lib/conf.d/configuration.yml
-    mv /var/www/phraseanet/.bowerrc /var/www/phraseanet/.bowerrc.bkp
-    cp /vagrant/resources/vagrant/config/bower/.bowerrc /var/www/phraseanet/.bowerrc
     cd /var/www/phraseanet
     sudo -u vagrant composer install -n --prefer-source --dev
     sudo -u vagrant npm install
     sudo -u vagrant grunt install-assets
     sudo -u vagrant bin/developer assets:compile-less
     sudo -u vagrant rm -f /var/www/phraseanet/lib/conf.d/configuration.yml
-    rm -f /var/www/phraseanet/.bowerrc
-    mv /www/phraseanet/.bowerrc.bkp /www/phraseanet/.bowerrc
     mv /var/www/phraseanet/lib/conf.d/configuration.yml.bkp /var/www/phraseanet/lib/conf.d/configuration.yml
 fi
 
@@ -167,5 +163,4 @@ sudo service nginx restart
 sudo service iptables-persistent stop
 
 # reload bash
-source ~/.bashrc
-
+source ~/.bashrc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/web/setup/step2.html.twig b/templates/web/setup/step2.html.twig
index 35dcdd4896..a331ae4e09 100644
--- a/templates/web/setup/step2.html.twig
+++ b/templates/web/setup/step2.html.twig
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@
                                 <table class="main_content_table">
                                     <tr>
                                         <td><label>{{ 'Repertoire de stockage des fichiers' | trans }}</label></td>
-                                        <td><input class="path_to_test test_writeable required" type="text" name="datapath_noweb" value="" /></td>
+                                        <td><input class="path_to_test test_writeable required" type="text" name="datapath_noweb" value="{{ rootpath ~ '/datas' }}" /></td>
                                     </tr>
                                 </table>
                             </td>