diff -r 4415209bea0a -r 7ebf3b1cdb4c server/repository.py
--- a/server/repository.py	Mon Jul 22 10:55:45 2013 +0200
+++ b/server/repository.py	Fri Jul 12 09:55:26 2013 +0200
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
             # load schema from the file system
             if not config.creating:
                 self.warning("set fs instance'schema")
-            self.set_schema(config.load_schema())
+            self.set_schema(config.load_schema(expand_cubes=True))
         else:
             # normal start: load the instance schema from the database
             self.info('loading schema from the repository')