diff --git a/pkg/plugins/backendplugin/manager.go b/pkg/plugins/backendplugin/manager.go
index fe47dc77ad6..2292c8d8519 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/backendplugin/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/backendplugin/manager.go
@@ -34,11 +34,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	registry.Register(&registry.Descriptor{
-		Name:         "BackendPluginManager",
-		Instance:     &manager{},
-		InitPriority: registry.Low,
-	})
+	registry.RegisterService(&manager{})
 }
 
 // Manager manages backend plugins.
diff --git a/pkg/registry/registry.go b/pkg/registry/registry.go
index b367639fee9..5894a657286 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/registry.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func RegisterService(instance Service) {
 	services = append(services, &Descriptor{
 		Name:         reflect.TypeOf(instance).Elem().Name(),
 		Instance:     instance,
-		InitPriority: Low,
+		InitPriority: Medium,
 	})
 }
 
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ func IsDisabled(srv Service) bool {
 type Priority int
 
 const (
-	High Priority = 100
-	Low  Priority = 0
+	High   Priority = 100
+	Medium Priority = 50
+	Low    Priority = 0
 )
diff --git a/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning.go b/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning.go
index 5442637bff4..1f66bc496ce 100644
--- a/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning.go
+++ b/pkg/services/provisioning/provisioning.go
@@ -25,14 +25,18 @@ type ProvisioningService interface {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	registry.RegisterService(NewProvisioningServiceImpl(
-		func(path string) (dashboards.DashboardProvisioner, error) {
-			return dashboards.New(path)
-		},
-		notifiers.Provision,
-		datasources.Provision,
-		plugins.Provision,
-	))
+	registry.Register(&registry.Descriptor{
+		Name: "ProvisioningService",
+		Instance: NewProvisioningServiceImpl(
+			func(path string) (dashboards.DashboardProvisioner, error) {
+				return dashboards.New(path)
+			},
+			notifiers.Provision,
+			datasources.Provision,
+			plugins.Provision,
+		),
+		InitPriority: registry.Low,
+	})
 }
 
 func NewProvisioningServiceImpl(
diff --git a/pkg/services/search/service.go b/pkg/services/search/service.go
index 2db02143710..7bfae6cf02f 100644
--- a/pkg/services/search/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/search/service.go
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	registry.Register(&registry.Descriptor{
-		Name:         "SearchService",
-		Instance:     &SearchService{},
-		InitPriority: 20,
-	})
+	registry.RegisterService(&SearchService{})
 }
 
 type Query struct {