# My forum stays on the loading screen "Could not find module \`virtual-dom\` "

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-stays-on-the-loading-screen-could-not-find-module-virtual-dom/277860>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 5, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-stays-on-the-loading-screen-could-not-find-module-virtual-dom/277860 "2023-09-05T13:36:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-stays-on-the-loading-screen-could-not-find-module-virtual-dom/277860/8 "2023-09-06T10:14:47Z")

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There have been (rare? unique?) case when a plugin would cause an error even while disabled. Did you try to rebuild without any plugin in `app.yml`?

Spending hours trying to pinpoint an issue is often frustrating, and re-creating the server, or trying to restore a backup on a temporary server to see if it works is sometimes faster, even if we don’t know where the issue originates from. 😕

edit:

```plaintext
----------------------------DISCOURSE CHATBOT ERROR----------------------------------
 Discourse Chatbot now requires the embedding extension on the PostgreSQL database.
                  See required changes to `app.yml` described at:
              https://github.com/merefield/discourse-chatbot/pull/33
            Alternatively, you can remove Discourse Chatbot to rebuild.
----------------------------DISCOURSE CHATBOT ERROR----------------------------------

```

Did you try this?

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