# Can't get discourse working again

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-get-discourse-working-again/141736>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [February 16, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-get-discourse-working-again/141736 "2020-02-16T10:52:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Arkshine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/arkshine/32/298682_2.png) [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-get-discourse-working-again/141736/2 "2020-02-16T11:02:43Z")

</div>

Make sure the settings highlighted by Doctor are correctly filled and not empty.

For example: `DISCOURSE_HOSTNAME: mydomain.com` (note separator should be `:` not `=`)

You can check the syntax with an online YML validator: [http://www.yamllint.com/](http://www.yamllint.com/)

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-get-discourse-working-again/141736)._