# Babble is not working with old discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/babble-is-not-working-with-old-discourse/61964>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [Mai 2, 2017, 3:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/babble-is-not-working-with-old-discourse/61964 "2017-05-02T15:04:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\
**Post date:** [Mai 2, 2017, 3:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/babble-is-not-working-with-old-discourse/61964/3 "2017-05-02T15:20:37Z")

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> [@Deepak\_kumar1](#):
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> The previous developers who were working on this had modified a lot of existing js and ruby files based on their requirements.

Unfortunately, those previous developers have screwed you over.

The only thing you can do is start with a fresh version of Discourse and build out plugins for the previous customizations that were done. Modifying ruby and javascript in place is unsustainable, as you have discovered.

It’s likely that your forum is already vulnerable to security issues that have been fixed in the latest version of Discourse, so I highly recommend you do this.

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