diff --git a/src/api/newaccountmodel.h b/src/api/newaccountmodel.h
index d178782eb0ade13f02a311a912465b6903e56b5a..2f1c667547b2affac9ae3c498ff2a2293350be6b 100644
--- a/src/api/newaccountmodel.h
+++ b/src/api/newaccountmodel.h
@@ -150,6 +150,17 @@ public:
      */
     bool registerName(const std::string& accountId, const std::string& password, const std::string& username);
 
+    /**
+     * Connect to JAMS to retrieve the account
+     * @param username
+     * @param password
+     * @param serverUri
+     * @return the account id
+     */
+    static std::string connectToAccountManager(const std::string& username,
+                                               const std::string& password,
+                                               const std::string& serverUri);
+
     /**
      * Create a new Ring or SIP account
      * @param type determine if the new account will be a Ring account or a SIP one
diff --git a/src/newaccountmodel.cpp b/src/newaccountmodel.cpp
index 04208dbcb15b0b44ba702555b2c865c07a783764..babe12873f1d6705657ac2d9b712fa4cafb735b7 100644
--- a/src/newaccountmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/newaccountmodel.cpp
@@ -858,6 +858,25 @@ NewAccountModel::createNewAccount(profile::Type type,
     if (type == profile::Type::SIP) {
         details[ConfProperties::USERNAME] = uri.c_str();
     }
+
+    QString accountId = ConfigurationManager::instance().addAccount(details);
+    return accountId.toStdString();
+}
+
+
+
+std::string
+NewAccountModel::connectToAccountManager(const std::string& username,
+                                         const std::string& password,
+                                         const std::string& serverUri)
+{
+    MapStringString details = ConfigurationManager::instance().getAccountTemplate("RING");
+    using namespace DRing::Account;
+    details[ConfProperties::TYPE] = "RING";
+    details[ConfProperties::USERNAME] = username.c_str();
+    details[ConfProperties::ARCHIVE_PASSWORD] = password.c_str();
+    details[ConfProperties::MANAGER_URI] = serverUri.c_str();
+
     QString accountId = ConfigurationManager::instance().addAccount(details);
     return accountId.toStdString();
 }