# Uploads missing after restore

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-missing-after-restore/225121>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [April 24, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-missing-after-restore/225121 "2022-04-24T00:28:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![ABC\_123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/abc_123/32/244555_2.png) [@ABC\_123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ABC_123)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploads-missing-after-restore/225121/4 "2022-04-24T12:33:08Z")

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Well I managed to solve this by just copying over the `/var/discourse` folder and rebuilding.

Wish the built in backup/restore would have worked, but such is life when you choose to self host 🙂

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