# Email notification template GUI complains about %{base\_url}

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notification-template-gui-complains-about-base-url/279395>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [September 18, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notification-template-gui-complains-about-base-url/279395 "2023-09-18T14:36:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![nordize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c68b51/32.png) [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notification-template-gui-complains-about-base-url/279395/15 "2024-05-20T12:00:26Z")

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Can anyone help with the rails object name or rails console command to _force_ `%{base_url}` in a template that I know for a fact accepts it and expands it (it’s just the GUI that says it’s invalid)?

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