# Discourse startup issue

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-startup-issue/293388>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [January 30, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-startup-issue/293388 "2024-01-30T00:39:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![agf1997](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@agf1997](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agf1997)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-startup-issue/293388/1 "2024-01-30T00:39:49Z")

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Just noticed that I was due for a discourse update so I performed an update with no issue.

The dashboard notified me that I should disable the footnote plugin and rebuild the app. After doing that, I now get an endless splash screen. (animated dots).

Tried stopping, starting, rebuilding, rebooting … nothing helps. Any thoughts on how to debug / fix would be greatly appreciated.

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