# \[Solved\]Bootstrap fails, Postgres already running

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-bootstrap-fails-postgres-already-running/20041>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 13, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-bootstrap-fails-postgres-already-running/20041 "2014-09-13T20:24:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-bootstrap-fails-postgres-already-running/20041/18 "2015-03-29T22:52:50Z")

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well, if you app is running you can not bootstrap it.

Instead do:

```plaintext
./launcher rebuild app

```

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