# Error upgrading, failed to bootstrap

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-upgrading-failed-to-bootstrap/221871
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [March 24, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-upgrading-failed-to-bootstrap/221871 "2022-03-24T15:08:22Z")
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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: [March 26, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-upgrading-failed-to-bootstrap/221871/17 "2022-03-26T17:55:49Z")

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Sorry. I’m on my phone and not quite thinking well enough to explain…

After the start app

```plaintext
su - postgres 
psql discourse 

```

And then the

```
 drop table discourse_reactions_reactions ;

```

And then type exit or control-d a few times to get out of everything

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