# Install error : Protocol violation

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [December 8, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-error-protocol-violation/36444 "2015-12-08T20:31:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-error-protocol-violation/36444/2 "2015-12-08T21:11:25Z")

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Did you add `prepared_statements: false` to both the `development` and `test` sections of the database.yml file? Also, you used an `=` sign in your post which wouldn’t work.

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