# Node red fails to start

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-fails-to-start/19858
**Category:** General
**Created:** [3 January 2020 11:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-fails-to-start/19858 "2020-01-03T11:58:25Z")
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### Author: ![filipejsbrandao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/filipejsbrandao/32/21186_2.png) [@filipejsbrandao](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/filipejsbrandao)
#### Post date: [4 May 2020 18:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-fails-to-start/19858/6 "2020-05-04T18:32:37Z")

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After running `npm remove node-red-contrib-generic-ble` I managed to start node-red. You can try the steps I followed also.

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