# Invalid byte sequence error during install

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-byte-sequence-error-during-install/87430>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [May 14, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-byte-sequence-error-during-install/87430 "2018-05-14T12:43:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-byte-sequence-error-during-install/87430/8 "2018-05-14T13:33:51Z")

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SSH into the machine and then:

```
cd /var/discourse
nano containers/app.yml

```

That’s where all your config lives. You have a bad character there somewhere. Pasting the contents into [http://www.yamllint.com](http://www.yamllint.com) may help you find it.

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