# Discourse website not loading after installation without enabling Let's Encrypt

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-website-not-loading-after-installation-without-enabling-lets-encrypt/147338>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [April 8, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-website-not-loading-after-installation-without-enabling-lets-encrypt/147338 "2020-04-08T19:56:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-website-not-loading-after-installation-without-enabling-lets-encrypt/147338/7 "2020-04-08T20:55:39Z")

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Yes. Uninstall.

It’s probably a DNS problem.

What does `curl localhost` return?

What does `tail /var/discourse/shared/logs/var-log/nginx/access.log` show?

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