# OpenWRT node-red
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/openwrt-node-red/39762
**Category:** General
**Created:** [26 January 2021 08:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/openwrt-node-red/39762 "2021-01-26T08:37:50Z")
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### Author:  [@soumyamitra1704065](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/soumyamitra1704065)
#### Post date: [26 January 2021 08:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/openwrt-node-red/39762/1 "2021-01-26T08:37:50Z")
i get the following error everytime i start node-red in open-wrt of arduino YUN2
/usr/lib/node\_modules/node-red/node\_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/api/flows.js:52
getFlows: async function(opts) {
^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token function
at createScript (vm.js:56:10)
at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:97:10)
at Module.\_compile (module.js:542:28)
at Object.Module.\_extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module.\_load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Object. (/usr/lib/node\_modules/node-red/node\_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/api/index.js:34:12)
please provide a solution
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [26 January 2021 09:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/openwrt-node-red/39762/2 "2021-01-26T09:24:16Z")
at a guess, the nodejs version is \< 7.6.0 (async is not possible in node js version \< 7.6.0)
What do you get if you enter `node -v` in that terminal?
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### Author:  [@soumyamitra1704065](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/soumyamitra1704065)
#### Post date: [26 January 2021 09:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/openwrt-node-red/39762/3 "2021-01-26T09:25:11Z")
this is what i get
v6.11.2
so i need to upgrade my node js version??
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [26 January 2021 09:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/openwrt-node-red/39762/4 "2021-01-26T09:25:56Z")
Far too old.
Can you upgrade nodejs to at least V10 (V14 would be best, V12 ok too)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [27 March 2021 09:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/openwrt-node-red/39762/5 "2021-03-27T09:26:50Z")
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