# Rails Application fails to start properly

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/rails-application-fails-to-start-properly/19064>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [October 9, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/rails-application-fails-to-start-properly/19064 "2007-10-09T14:16:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mel\_Riffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Mel\_Riffe](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Mel_Riffe)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/rails-application-fails-to-start-properly/19064/1 "2007-10-09T14:16:23Z")

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Shandy,

have you checked the log files? they should have some indication of why it failed.

Cheers, Mel