diff --git a/horizon/templates/bin/_horizon.sh.tpl b/horizon/templates/bin/_horizon.sh.tpl
index 3b42a2a03c..dec000f3e2 100644
--- a/horizon/templates/bin/_horizon.sh.tpl
+++ b/horizon/templates/bin/_horizon.sh.tpl
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ function start () {
   rm -rf /var/run/apache2/*
   APACHE_DIR="apache2"
 
+  # Add TaaS dashboard panel if available
+  TAAS_PANEL="${SITE_PACKAGES_ROOT}/neutron_taas_dashboard/enabled/_90_project_tapservices_panel.py"
+  if [ -f ${TAAS_PANEL} ]; then
+     ln -s ${TAAS_PANEL}   ${SITE_PACKAGES_ROOT}/openstack_dashboard/local/enabled/_90_project_tapservices_panel.py
+  fi
+
   # If the image has support for it, compile the translations
   if type -p gettext >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
     cd ${SITE_PACKAGES_ROOT}/openstack_dashboard; /tmp/manage.py compilemessages
@@ -47,12 +53,6 @@ function start () {
   /tmp/manage.py compress --force
   rm -rf /tmp/_tmp_.secret_key_store.lock /tmp/.secret_key_store
 
-  # Add TaaS dashboard panel if available
-  TAAS_PANEL="${SITE_PACKAGES_ROOT}/neutron_taas_dashboard/enabled/_90_project_tapservices_panel.py"
-  if [ -f ${TAAS_PANEL} ]; then
-     ln -s ${TAAS_PANEL}   ${SITE_PACKAGES_ROOT}/openstack_dashboard/local/enabled/_90_project_tapservices_panel.py
-  fi
-
   exec apache2 -DFOREGROUND
 }