# NR crashing on start
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-crashing-on-start/70356
**Category:** General
**Created:** [9 November 2022 20:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-crashing-on-start/70356 "2022-11-09T20:21:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Blacke1991](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Blacke1991)
#### Post date: [9 November 2022 20:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-crashing-on-start/70356/1 "2022-11-09T20:21:16Z")
Hello all,
After having some success using NR, looks like I installed a node that now causes it to crash on start up. I have attempted uninstalling NR and reinstalling it but no change.
I've copied the log of the issue. Any help would be much appreciated!
```auto
9 Nov 20:15:05 - [info] Node-RED version: v3.0.2
9 Nov 20:15:05 - [info] Node.js version: v16.17.1
9 Nov 20:15:05 - [info] Linux 5.15.61-v8 arm64 LE
9 Nov 20:15:08 - [info] Loading palette nodes
9 Nov 20:15:30 - [info] Dashboard version 3.2.0 started at /endpoint/ui
9 Nov 20:15:35 - [red] Uncaught Exception:
9 Nov 20:15:35 - [error] Api Error: Unexpected response status; 404
at requireStatusCode200 (/config/node-red/node_modules/node-hue-api/hue-api/httpPromise.js:100:15)
at _fulfilled (/config/node-red/node_modules/q/q.js:787:54)
at /config/node-red/node_modules/q/q.js:816:30
at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/config/node-red/node_modules/q/q.js:749:13)
at /config/node-red/node_modules/q/q.js:557:44
at flush (/config/node-red/node_modules/q/q.js:108:17)
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:78:11)
[20:15:36] WARNING: Node-RED crashed, halting add-on
[20:15:36] INFO: Node-RED stopped, restarting...
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: stopping
[20:15:36] INFO: Node-RED stopped, restarting...
[20:15:36] INFO: nginx stopped, restarting...
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: stopping
```
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [9 November 2022 20:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-crashing-on-start/70356/2 "2022-11-09T20:38:14Z")
> [@Blacke1991](#):
>
> I have attempted uninstalling NR and reinstalling it but no change.
No need to do that. You can start node-red without starting the flows by using
`node-red --safe`
Then you can remove the offending node from the flow and deploy, which will start the flows.
> [@Blacke1991](#):
>
> `/config/node-red/node_modules/node-hue-api`
That is an unusual place to install nodes. Is this a docker install, if so then I don't know how to start it in safe mode.
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### Author:  [@Blacke1991](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Blacke1991)
#### Post date: [9 November 2022 20:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-crashing-on-start/70356/3 "2022-11-09T20:52:21Z")
This is a NR node install as part of home assistant on a raspberry pi from selecting palette within the NR GUI…
Unsure how I would go about safe mode on this? I’ve tried using file editor within home assistant but not feeling brave enough to start editing stuff without understanding what I’m doing.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [9 November 2022 20:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-crashing-on-start/70356/4 "2022-11-09T20:56:53Z")
> [@Blacke1991](#):
>
> Unsure how I would go about safe mode on this?
Google found this for me as the first hit. [Node-red Safe mode start - Node-RED - Home Assistant Community](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/node-red-safe-mode-start/387204)
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### Author:  [@Blacke1991](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Blacke1991)
#### Post date: [9 November 2022 21:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-crashing-on-start/70356/5 "2022-11-09T21:06:31Z")
Unfortunately even running in safe mode presents the same issue.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [9 November 2022 21:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-crashing-on-start/70356/6 "2022-11-09T21:53:22Z")
In that case uninstall the node from the command line. Normally that would mean going into the .node-red folder and running
`npm remove node-red-contrib-hue`
or whatever it is. Again if you don't know how to do that in HA then google it or ask there.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [8 January 2023 21:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nr-crashing-on-start/70356/7 "2023-01-08T21:54:21Z")
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