# Oops - Error 500 After Update From Admin Dashboard
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/oops-error-500-after-update-from-admin-dashboard/178033
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 2, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oops-error-500-after-update-from-admin-dashboard/178033 "2021-02-02T00:03:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@ECMcI](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ECMcI)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oops-error-500-after-update-from-admin-dashboard/178033/1 "2021-02-02T00:03:20Z")
Discourse update using Admin update tool has failed (no issues with this previously), taking down the forum. Please advise of the best course of action. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oops-error-500-after-update-from-admin-dashboard/178033/2 "2021-02-02T00:36:19Z")
Try a manual update from the console:
> [@Manually update Discourse and Docker image to latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-manually-update-discourse-and-docker-image-to-latest/23325):
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> bookmark This guide provides step-by-step instructions for manually updating Discourse, the Docker container, and the Ubuntu operating system on a self-hosted setup. person_raising_hand Required user level: System Administrator warning SSH access to the server. If you self-host Discourse, you occasionally need to run a manual update via the command line to get the latest security releases and newest libraries. These updates are not picked up in admin/upgrade, which is why you’ll occa…
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### Author:  [@ECMcI](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ECMcI)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oops-error-500-after-update-from-admin-dashboard/178033/3 "2021-02-02T02:04:36Z")
Thanks, will give that a go 👍