# Electron-node-red no dashboard
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-node-red-no-dashboard/43978
**Category:** General
**Created:** [11 April 2021 04:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-node-red-no-dashboard/43978 "2021-04-11T04:15:50Z")
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### Author:  [@superace](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/superace)
#### Post date: [11 April 2021 04:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-node-red-no-dashboard/43978/1 "2021-04-11T04:15:50Z")
Hi
I am trying to get Electron to build an AppImage using [https://github.com/dceejay/electron-node-red](https://github.com/dceejay/electron-node-red) .I have managed to get it running but only if I have "NRelectron-editable-true" as option. This will copy the flow files to the .node-red folder.
How should it work if I DO NOT want my flow files to be exposed? When I set "NRelectron-editable-false" as option the AppImage will not open the dashboard and the error "Can not GET /red" is displayed.
Is it possible to not expose the flow files and still run the AppImage with the dashboard exposed?
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [11 April 2021 06:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-node-red-no-dashboard/43978/2 "2021-04-11T06:56:20Z")
Yes being able to turn off/hide the editor is supposed to work.
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### Author:  [@superace](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/superace)
#### Post date: [11 April 2021 07:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-node-red-no-dashboard/43978/3 "2021-04-11T07:25:14Z")
Ok, thanks for confirming the general idea. The AppImage is running as it should, well except the dashboard. I don't really need the dashboard, but I didn't really see any other fairly easy way to pack node-red to an AppImage.
Is it possible to replace the dashboard with a static html file? That would do the trick for me. How would I go about to do that? Any ideas? Or suggestions?
I am building for arm7l but your example was a great starting point. Thanks for making it.
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [11 April 2021 08:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-node-red-no-dashboard/43978/4 "2021-04-11T08:32:30Z")
yes - in theory you should be able to just create what you need as an hmtl file and then replace the link around line 18 of main.js (or change line 24) etc - to point to your new file, as that should be what loads on start.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [10 June 2021 08:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/electron-node-red-no-dashboard/43978/5 "2021-06-10T08:32:39Z")
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