# The configuration file containers/app.yml already exists! Stopping existing container in 5 seconds or Control-C to cancel

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**Created:** [December 26, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-configuration-file-containers-app-yml-already-exists-stopping-existing-container-in-5-seconds-or-control-c-to-cancel/344351 "2024-12-26T02:28:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-configuration-file-containers-app-yml-already-exists-stopping-existing-container-in-5-seconds-or-control-c-to-cancel/344351/11 "2024-12-26T22:49:25Z")

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> [@sandra.mccollum](#):
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> I used the [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true) many months ago

But you didn’t. You used some hostinger image that automatically runs discourse setup when you log in.

You want to delete the line that runs hostinger script from the `.bashrc`

You don’t want to delete discourse-setup, but you don’t want to run it, either.

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