# My broken Discourse install prevents theme import

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-broken-discourse-install-prevents-theme-import/108657>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** unsupported-install\
**Created:** [February 7, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-broken-discourse-install-prevents-theme-import/108657 "2019-02-07T08:36:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-broken-discourse-install-prevents-theme-import/108657/8 "2019-02-07T12:16:27Z")

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Importing that works for me. Here’s it wrapped up in a `.tar.gz` file for import:

[test-theme.tar.gz](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/e/3e840610a2b0667aa8ab21b6c5ca1216771aa14e.gz) (785 Bytes)

Can you describe the exact steps you are taking which cause the error?

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