diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/main.py b/src/pretix/control/views/main.py
index ce6622fe1e..2dc260675b 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/main.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/main.py
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@ class EventWizard(SafeSessionWizardView):
         with transaction.atomic(), language(basics_data['locale']):
             event = form_dict['basics'].instance
             event.organizer = foundation_data['organizer']
-            event.set_active_plugins(settings.PRETIX_PLUGINS_DEFAULT.split(","), allow_restricted=True)
             event.has_subevents = foundation_data['has_subevents']
             event.testmode = True
             form_dict['basics'].save()
+            event.set_active_plugins(settings.PRETIX_PLUGINS_DEFAULT.split(","), allow_restricted=True)
             event.log_action(
                 'pretix.event.added',
                 user=self.request.user,