diff --git a/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/provision.py b/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/provision.py
index d7519c06924a8d75a5b56eae2f73eac2357cf4a8..d5f9a2974beb3b11dd11ce64dafd5f0639e3f3d3 100644
--- a/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/provision.py
+++ b/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/provision.py
@@ -839,9 +839,10 @@ def provision(config, raise_exceptions=False):
     all_orgs = _provision_orgs(config)
     request = AdminRequest(**config)
     try:
+        # needed for older versions of grafana (<11.0)
         delete_expired_api_tokens(request)
     except Exception:
-        pass  # needed for older versions of grafana
+        pass  
 
     def _find_org_config(org):
         orgs_to_provision = config.get('organizations', DEFAULT_ORGANIZATIONS)
@@ -865,13 +866,14 @@ def provision(config, raise_exceptions=False):
                 continue
 
             try:
-                token = create_api_token(request, org_id)
-                accounts.append((org_id, token))
-            except Exception:
                 # create a service account for provisioning (>grafana 11.0)
                 account = get_or_create_service_account(request, org_id)
                 token = create_service_account_token(request, account['id'])
                 accounts.append((org_id, account))
+            except Exception:
+                # we're on a older version of grafana
+                token = create_api_token(request, org_id)
+                accounts.append((org_id, token))
 
             token_request = TokenRequest(token=token['key'], **config)
             logger.debug(accounts)
@@ -938,10 +940,10 @@ def provision(config, raise_exceptions=False):
 
             delete_unknown_folders(token_request, folders_to_keep)
             try:
-                delete_api_token(request, token['id'], org_id=org_id)
-            except Exception:
-                # we're on a newer version of grafana
                 delete_service_account(request, account['id'])
+            except Exception:
+                # we're on a older version of grafana
+                delete_api_token(request, token['id'], org_id=org_id)
         except Exception:
             logger.exception(f'Error when provisioning org {org["name"]}')
             if raise_exceptions: