# Can't upload backup

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-upload-backup/212520
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 18, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-upload-backup/212520 "2021-12-18T13:54:29Z")
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### Author: ![daemon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/daemon/32/256632_2.png) [@daemon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/daemon)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-upload-backup/212520/23 "2021-12-19T14:40:43Z")

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I had to reinstall everything again because I ran into some problems.

1. Do I need to finish the setup and activate my new account? Or can I just wait to build Discourse the first time with ./discourse-setup and restore the backup directly?

2. After restoring the backup it seems that everything is ok (except the missing plugins). I don’t use the default theme but in the other theme the header is missing (after the backup was restored) so I can’t login. I tried to set in the Rails console the default theme [Path of theme components - #16 by Osama](https://meta.discourse.org/t/path-of-theme-components/198110/16) but after that the site won’t load anymore.

How can I set my account to the default theme so I can lgin again?

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