diff --git a/apxtri/apxtri.js b/apxtri/apxtri.js
index 0414cb1..9b38bae 100755
--- a/apxtri/apxtri.js
+++ b/apxtri/apxtri.js
@@ -77,23 +77,38 @@ apxtri.main = async () => {
         delete tribesdns[tribe];
       }
     });
+    if (!tribesdns.adminapi) {
+      tribesdns.adminapi = Array.isArray(conf.dns) ? conf.dns : [];
+      console.log(
+        "\x1b[31m restore missing adminapi entry in tribes_dns.json\x1b[0m"
+      );
+    }
     // A partial/restored adminapi.json must not crash the whole server: fill
     // the runtime configuration from the install template and warn loudly.
     const initconf = fs.readJsonSync(
       "../adminapi/apxtri/setup/initadminapi.json"
     );
+    let confchanged = false;
     if (!conf.api) {
       conf.api = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(initconf.api));
+      confchanged = true;
       console.log(
         "\x1b[31m adminapi.json is missing 'api', using defaults from apxtri/setup/initadminapi.json. Restore this file from a backup.\x1b[0m"
       );
     }
     if (!conf.socket) {
       conf.socket = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(initconf.socket));
+      confchanged = true;
       console.log(
         "\x1b[31m adminapi.json is missing 'socket', using default port from apxtri/setup/initadminapi.json.\x1b[0m"
       );
     }
+    if (confchanged) {
+      fs.outputJSONSync(adminapipath, conf, { space: 2 });
+      console.log(
+        "\x1b[31m adminapi.json repaired on disk; check it and keep a backup.\x1b[0m"
+      );
+    }
     //check if new tribe was add (only real tribe folders, never tmp/.git/...)
     const tribedirs = glob
       .sync("../*")
@@ -336,30 +351,53 @@ apxtri.runexpress = async (tribesdns, conf) => {
   const checkRequestSafety = require(
     path.resolve("./apxtri/middlewares/checkRequestSafety.js")
   );
-  let tribeIds = Object.keys(tribesdns).filter((tribe) =>
-    apxtri.istribe(tribe)
-  );
+  if (!tribesdns.adminapi) {
+    tribesdns.adminapi = Array.isArray(conf.dns) ? conf.dns : [];
+  }
+  let tribeIds = [
+    ...new Set([
+      "adminapi",
+      ...Object.keys(tribesdns).filter((tribe) => apxtri.istribe(tribe)),
+    ]),
+  ];
   // context is store in /itm/tribename.json ={contexte:{routes:[],models:[{model:,tplstringslg:[]}]}
   // routes={url,route} check how to add plugin tribe route later
   // keep only the 2 last part (.) of domain name to validate requests with it (generic domain)
   let routes = [];
   let doms = [];
   tribeIds.forEach((t) => {
-    tribesdns[t].forEach((d) => {
+    const dnsentries = Array.isArray(tribesdns[t]) ? tribesdns[t] : [];
+    dnsentries.forEach((d) => {
       const dm = d.split(".").slice(-2).join(".");
       if (!doms.includes(dm)) doms.push(dm);
-      //reindex database attention check dev-ants/.. a bug was fixed
-      glob.sync(`../${t}/objects/*`).forEach((o) => {
-        if (!fs.existsSync(o) || !fs.lstatSync(o).isDirectory()) return;
-        if (
-          !fs.existsSync(path.join(o, "itm")) &&
-          !fs.existsSync(path.join(o, "conf.json"))
-        ) {
-          return;
-        }
-        console.log("reindex: ", o);
-        Odmdb.runidx(o);
-      });
+    });
+    //reindex database once per tribe (not once per DNS entry)
+    glob.sync(`../${t}/objects/*`).forEach((o) => {
+      if (!fs.existsSync(o) || !fs.lstatSync(o).isDirectory()) return;
+      const confpath = path.join(o, "conf.json");
+      if (!fs.existsSync(confpath) || !fs.existsSync(path.join(o, "itm"))) {
+        return;
+      }
+      let objconf;
+      try {
+        objconf = fs.readJSONSync(confpath);
+      } catch (err) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (!objconf || typeof objconf.schema !== "string" || !objconf.schema) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const schemapath = `../${
+        objconf.schema.endsWith(".json")
+          ? objconf.schema
+          : `${objconf.schema}.json`
+      }`;
+      if (!fs.existsSync(schemapath)) {
+        console.log(`skip reindex ${o}: schema not found (${objconf.schema})`);
+        return;
+      }
+      console.log("reindex: ", o);
+      Odmdb.runidx(o);
     });
     const context = {};
     const pathtr = path.resolve(`../${t}`);
diff --git a/apxtri/models/Odmdb.js b/apxtri/models/Odmdb.js
index e653ece..0a6c87b 100644
--- a/apxtri/models/Odmdb.js
+++ b/apxtri/models/Odmdb.js
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ Odmdb.runidx = (objectPathname, schema) => {
   if (!schema || !schema.apxid) {
     const getschema = Odmdb.Schema(objectPathname, true);
     if (getschema.status != 200) {
-      console.log(getschema)
+      if (log) console.log(getschema);
       return getschema;
     }
     schema = getschema.data.schema;