# Node-red-contrib-tfjs-coco-ssd crashes Node-RED when running on a M1 Mac

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**Created:** [18 September 2021 16:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tfjs-coco-ssd-crashes-node-red-when-running-on-a-m1-mac/51210 "2021-09-18T16:25:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2021 16:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tfjs-coco-ssd-crashes-node-red-when-running-on-a-m1-mac/51210/1 "2021-09-18T16:25:03Z")

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Mac mini (M1 2020)  
macOS Big Sur  
version 11.6

As soon as you try to deploy, after adding `node-red-contrib-tfjs-coco-ssd` to a flow, Node-RED crashes. Here is the log:

```auto
Paul@Mac-mini ~ % node-red --safe
18 Sep 12:10:52 - [info] 

Welcome to Node-RED
===================

18 Sep 12:10:52 - [info] Node-RED version: v2.0.5
18 Sep 12:10:52 - [info] Node.js version: v14.16.0
18 Sep 12:10:52 - [info] Darwin 20.6.0 x64 LE
18 Sep 12:10:52 - [info] Loading palette nodes
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [info] Worldmap version 2.15.5
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [info] Dashboard version 2.30.0 started at /ui
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [warn] rpi-gpio : Raspberry Pi specific node set inactive
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [info] Settings file : /Users/Paul/.node-red/settings.js
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [info] HTTP Static : /Users/Paul/node-red-static
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [info] Context store : 'default' [module=localfilesystem]
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [info] Context store : 'memory' [module=memory]
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [info] User directory : /Users/Paul/.node-red
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [info] Projects directory: /Users/Paul/.node-red/projects
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [info] Server now running at http://127.0.0.1:1880/
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [info] Active project : hss_complete_v0_55_0_wk
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [info] Flows file : /Users/Paul/.node-red/projects/hss_complete_v0_55_0_wk/flow.json
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [info] *****************************************************************
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [info] Flows stopped in safe mode. Deploy to start.
18 Sep 12:10:54 - [info] *****************************************************************
18 Sep 12:11:27 - [info] Stopping flows
18 Sep 12:11:27 - [info] Stopped flows
18 Sep 12:11:27 - [info] Starting flows
cpu backend was already registered. Reusing existing backend factory.
Platform node has already been set. Overwriting the platform with [object Object].
zsh: illegal hardware instruction node-red --safe
Paul@Mac-mini ~ % 

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I did find that people are having issues with TensorFlow on the new Apple M1 chips. There is a GitHub issue ([Unsupported system error when installing on M1 / Apple Silicon · Issue #4514 · tensorflow/tfjs · GitHub](https://github.com/tensorflow/tfjs/issues/4514))

@dceejay - Dave, do you want a GitHub issue opened for the node?

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2021 17:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tfjs-coco-ssd-crashes-node-red-when-running-on-a-m1-mac/51210/2 "2021-09-18T17:13:45Z")

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Well you can open it... but I won't be fixing it any time soon. 🙂

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2021 17:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tfjs-coco-ssd-crashes-node-red-when-running-on-a-m1-mac/51210/3 "2021-09-18T17:17:45Z")

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Haha, I didn't think so. I wanted to open an thread in case someone else stumbles over this.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [17 November 2021 17:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-tfjs-coco-ssd-crashes-node-red-when-running-on-a-m1-mac/51210/4 "2021-11-17T17:17:49Z")

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