diff --git a/views.py b/views.py
index 831da52f1..86285b319 100644
--- a/views.py
+++ b/views.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.db.models import Q
-from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
+from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.utils.text import slugify
 from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend
 from rest_framework import generics
@@ -508,20 +508,23 @@ def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         app_slug = request.data["slug"]
         data = request.data
         user = request.user
-        import apps.views as appviews
-
-        request = HttpRequest()
-        request.user = user
-        create_view = appviews.CreateView()
-        _ = create_view.post(
-            request,
-            user=user.username,
+        import apps.helpers as helpers
+
+        app = Apps.objects.filter(slug=app_slug).order_by("-revision")[0]
+
+        (successful, _, _,) = helpers.create_app_instance(
+            user=user,
+            project=project,
+            app=app,
+            app_settings=app.settings,
             data=data,
-            project=project.slug,
-            app_slug=app_slug,
             wait=True,
-            call=True,
         )
+
+        if not successful:
+            print("create_app_instance failed")
+            return HttpResponse("App creation faild", status=400)
+
         return HttpResponse("App created.", status=200)
 
     def destroy(self, request, *args, **kwargs):