# Unable to start discourse from source while running "bin/ember-cli -u"

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** ember, rails-console\
**Created:** [January 9, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-start-discourse-from-source-while-running-bin-ember-cli-u/290967 "2024-01-09T07:09:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![pmusaraj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pmusaraj/32/119489_2.png) [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-start-discourse-from-source-while-running-bin-ember-cli-u/290967/2 "2024-01-09T17:52:41Z")

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Can you try clearing your `node_modules` folder and running `yarn` again to install the dependencies? Also, if you have multiple node versions installed, you could try with a more recent version. (Locally, I have node v21.2.0 and building the app works.)

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