# Error trying to run node red --safe

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-trying-to-run-node-red-safe/15334>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [9 September 2019 22:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-trying-to-run-node-red-safe/15334 "2019-09-09T22:15:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![StrongTown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@StrongTown](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/StrongTown)\
**Post date:** [9 September 2019 22:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-trying-to-run-node-red-safe/15334/1 "2019-09-09T22:15:42Z")

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Well I've done something wrong and NR just keeps crashing, so I thought I'd run in safe mode to launch the editor. Here is what I get. Any ideas how to resolve? What is "red"?

pi@HomeController:~/.node-red $ node red --safe  
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:584  
throw err;  
^

Error: Cannot find module '/home/pi/.node-red/red'  
at Function.Module.\_resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:582:15)  
at Function.Module.\_load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:508:25)  
at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:754:12)  
at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:283:19)  
at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:622:3)

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [9 September 2019 22:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-trying-to-run-node-red-safe/15334/2 "2019-09-09T22:16:49Z")

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Try `node-red --safe` instead.

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**Author:** ![StrongTown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@StrongTown](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/StrongTown)\
**Post date:** [9 September 2019 22:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-trying-to-run-node-red-safe/15334/3 "2019-09-09T22:19:07Z")

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Thank you bakman2. Silly error on my part.