# Recover from server crash

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/recover-from-server-crash/15132>\
**Category:** Core Development\
**Created:** [5 September 2019 06:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/recover-from-server-crash/15132 "2019-09-05T06:51:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [7 September 2019 12:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/recover-from-server-crash/15132/25 "2019-09-07T12:58:34Z")

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> [@dsl400](#):
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> This instance of Node-Red is gone forever for me until I learn how Node-Red manages flows and where it stores them

Where it stores the file is listed in the startup messages Node-RED logs also covered i. the getting started page in the docs.

As is the “safe mode” which you could use to recover the “broken” flows file  
[https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/local#command-line-usage](https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/local#command-line-usage)

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