# Cannot activate new account
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-activate-new-account/36060
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [November 26, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-activate-new-account/36060 "2015-11-26T16:18:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@RalfJung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RalfJung)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-activate-new-account/36060/1 "2015-11-26T16:18:58Z")
I installed Discourse using the launcher at [https://github.com/discourse/discourse\_docker/](https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker/). I kept the configuration from `samples/standalone.yml` almost unchanged, except that I had to change the port 80 because there is an apache running on the host. That apache is now set up to act as reverse proxy, forwarding requests to `localhost:8088`, which is the port that I bound the Discourse container to.
The admin interface says I am on Discourse version [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tree/3eb0288adb16eae63514657b71ae9c38433a1f5c](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tree/3eb0288adb16eae63514657b71ae9c38433a1f5c).
Stuff seems to basically work, I can create an account and create topics etc. However, activating an account does not work: Pressing the button on the confirmation page has no effect. (How did I log in to create a topic, you may wonder? I used the “Forgot Password” functionality.) This is with Firefox 42. The JS error console shows
```
15:32:40.704 ReferenceError: $ is not defined1 vendor-5939aced2df07b0bcc1c101662121c68.js:1:285
```
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-activate-new-account/36060/2 "2015-11-26T16:21:33Z")
You should update to latest, there was a about that issue (it’s the commit right next to the one you’re at)
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/d6932e4ac44df8aafef89c5f1d3a047a3f261681](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/d6932e4ac44df8aafef89c5f1d3a047a3f261681)
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### Author:  [@RalfJung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RalfJung)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-activate-new-account/36060/3 "2015-11-26T18:16:58Z")
Indeed, `./launcher rebuild` did it. Thanks!
Now I wonder, can I somehow make it track a stable branch rather than the current development branch?
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-activate-new-account/36060/4 "2015-11-26T18:18:47Z")
> [@RalfJung](#):
>
> Now I wonder, can I somehow make it track a stable branch rather than the current development branch?
Just change the version you’re tracking in the `app.yml` file to “`stable`” for example
>
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### Author:  [@RalfJung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RalfJung)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-activate-new-account/36060/5 "2015-11-26T18:37:06Z")
Thanks a lot 🙂
Can I somehow mark this bug as fixed?
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-activate-new-account/36060/6 "2015-11-26T18:38:18Z")