# Read-Only mode doesn't work
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-doesnt-work/49205
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [August 25, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-doesnt-work/49205 "2016-08-25T15:10:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@dorianamouroux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dorianamouroux)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-doesnt-work/49205/1 "2016-08-25T15:10:21Z")
Hi,
I’m using discourse, and I want to back-up my data and reupload it onto another server with Discourse.
The Read-Only mode would be perfect for it, I can do it with no down-time.
The feature doesn’t work though, when I click on it and I refresh, the button is back to normal.
User can still write posts as well.
`/admin/logs` doesn’t log any errors
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-doesnt-work/49205/2 "2016-08-25T15:13:44Z")
I can confirm that exact repo on my sandbox (running latest)
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-doesnt-work/49205/3 "2016-08-25T15:33:14Z")
Fixed in
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2f39293867e0e0213029f675f210eefa0cdf776e](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2f39293867e0e0213029f675f210eefa0cdf776e)
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/read-only-mode-doesnt-work/49205/4 "2016-08-25T15:34:11Z")