diff --git a/src/app/config.ts b/src/app/config.ts
index bf04afc..56dbeb2 100644
--- a/src/app/config.ts
+++ b/src/app/config.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export const config = {
   documentTitle: 'Avatao Tutorials',
   dashboard: {
     route: 'dashboard',
+    triggerFirstFSMStep: 'step_1',
     terminalOrConsole: 'terminal',
     currentLayout: 'terminal-ide-web',
     enabledLayouts: [
diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts b/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
index 5e5e440..9fb9d63 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/dashboard.component.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export class DashboardComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.webSocketService.connect();
     this.initCommandHandling();
     this.initDeploymentNotifications();
+    this.triggerFirstFSMStepIfNeeded();
   }
 
   initCommandHandling() {
@@ -57,6 +58,17 @@ export class DashboardComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       });
   }
 
+  triggerFirstFSMStepIfNeeded() {
+    if (config.dashboard.triggerFirstFSMStep) {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        this.webSocketService.sendJSON({
+          'key': '',
+          'trigger': config.dashboard.triggerFirstFSMStep
+        });
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
   layoutHandler(data: LayoutCommand) {
     if (config.dashboard.enabledLayouts.includes(data.layout)) {
       this.setLayout(data.layout);