# Ghost randomly CPU spikes and crashes

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-randomly-cpu-spikes-and-crashes/13561>\
**Category:** Developer help\
**Created:** [April 16, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-randomly-cpu-spikes-and-crashes/13561 "2020-04-16T10:14:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![borisbsv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/borisbsv/32/7359_2.png) [@borisbsv](https://forum.ghost.org/u/borisbsv)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-randomly-cpu-spikes-and-crashes/13561/1 "2020-04-16T10:14:11Z")

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Hey guys, I deployed a ghost instance in a droplet last week and have seen some issues with CPU and IO spikes with really low traffic (1-2 visitors). Below is some relevant info:

- Droplet stats
- 1 GB Memory / 25 GB Disk / FRA1 - Ubuntu 19.10 x64
- What’s your URL? This is the easiest way for others to debug your issue
- [https://itemelkov.com](https://itemelkov.com)
- What version of Ghost are you using?  
OS: Ubuntu, v19.10  
Node Version: v10.15.2  
Ghost-CLI Version: 1.13.1  
Environment: production
- What configuration?
- Not sure what to put here
- What browser?
- non-relevant
- What errors or information do you see in the console?
- none, just spikes in CPU and I/O with even a single user.
- What steps could someone else take to reproduce the issue you’re having?
- Just browsing the blog causes it to slow down and eventually crash

Sidenote - I’ve tried restarting ghost and the droplet - not helping

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**Author:** ![Hannah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/hannah/32/22_2.png) [@Hannah](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Hannah)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-randomly-cpu-spikes-and-crashes/13561/2 "2020-04-16T18:52:52Z")

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What version of Ghost are you using? `ghost version` will tell you.

What theme are you using?

Do you have a custom routes or redirects file?

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**Author:** ![borisbsv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/borisbsv/32/7359_2.png) [@borisbsv](https://forum.ghost.org/u/borisbsv)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-randomly-cpu-spikes-and-crashes/13561/3 "2020-04-16T19:23:56Z")

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$ ghost version  
Ghost-CLI version: 1.13.1

That’s all I get as output.  
$ghost ls  
shows that it’s 3.12.1

I’m using the default theme and have no custom routes or redirects file.