diff --git a/freqtrade/commands/deploy_commands.py b/freqtrade/commands/deploy_commands.py
index e951c962f..174f1bb59 100644
--- a/freqtrade/commands/deploy_commands.py
+++ b/freqtrade/commands/deploy_commands.py
@@ -170,12 +170,7 @@ def download_and_install_ui(dest_folder: Path, dl_url: str):
                     destfile.write_bytes(x.read())
 
 
-def start_install_ui(args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
-
-    dest_folder = Path(__file__).parents[1] / 'rpc/api_server/ui'
-    # First make sure the assets are removed.
-    clean_ui_subdir(dest_folder)
-
+def get_ui_download_url() -> str:
     base_url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/freqtrade/frequi/'
     # Get base UI Repo path
 
@@ -188,6 +183,16 @@ def start_install_ui(args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     r = resp.json()
 
     dl_url = r[0]['browser_download_url']
+    return dl_url
+
+
+def start_install_ui(args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+
+    dest_folder = Path(__file__).parents[1] / 'rpc/api_server/ui'
+    # First make sure the assets are removed.
+    clean_ui_subdir(dest_folder)
+
+    dl_url = get_ui_download_url()
 
     # Download a new version
     download_and_install_ui(dest_folder, dl_url)
diff --git a/tests/commands/test_commands.py b/tests/commands/test_commands.py
index 12d18b3a7..a39044c18 100644
--- a/tests/commands/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/commands/test_commands.py
@@ -560,13 +560,14 @@ def test_start_new_hyperopt_no_arg(mocker):
 
 def test_start_install_ui(mocker):
     clean_mock = mocker.patch('freqtrade.commands.deploy_commands.clean_ui_subdir')
+    get_url_mock = mocker.patch('freqtrade.commands.deploy_commands.get_ui_download_url')
     download_mock = mocker.patch('freqtrade.commands.deploy_commands.download_and_install_ui')
     args = [
         "install-ui",
     ]
     start_install_ui(args)
     assert clean_mock.call_count == 1
-
+    assert get_url_mock.call_count == 1
     assert download_mock.call_count == 1
 
 
@@ -588,7 +589,7 @@ def test_clean_ui_subdir(mocker, tmpdir, caplog):
 
 
 def test_download_and_install_ui(mocker, tmpdir, caplog):
-    # Should be something "zip-like"
+    # Create zipfile
     requests_mock = MagicMock()
     file_like_object = BytesIO()
     with ZipFile(file_like_object, mode='w') as zipfile:
@@ -596,13 +597,16 @@ def test_download_and_install_ui(mocker, tmpdir, caplog):
             zipfile.writestr(file, file)
     file_like_object.seek(0)
     requests_mock.content = file_like_object.read()
+
     mocker.patch("freqtrade.commands.deploy_commands.requests.get", return_value=requests_mock)
+
     mocker.patch("freqtrade.commands.deploy_commands.Path.is_dir",
                  side_effect=[True, False])
     mkdir_mock = mocker.patch("freqtrade.commands.deploy_commands.Path.mkdir")
     wb_mock = mocker.patch("freqtrade.commands.deploy_commands.Path.write_bytes")
+
     folder = Path(tmpdir) / "uitests_dl"
-    download_and_install_ui(folder, 'http://whatever.xxx')
+    download_and_install_ui(folder, 'http://whatever.xxx/download/file.zip')
 
     assert mkdir_mock.call_count == 1
     assert wb_mock.call_count == 2