# Problem with ghost CLI (cannot restart or stop)
**URL:** https://forum.ghost.org/t/problem-with-ghost-cli-cannot-restart-or-stop/18749
**Category:** Installation
**Created:** [December 7, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/problem-with-ghost-cli-cannot-restart-or-stop/18749 "2020-12-07T14:45:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Publipresse](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Publipresse)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/problem-with-ghost-cli-cannot-restart-or-stop/18749/1 "2020-12-07T14:45:13Z")
Hi,
This morning, I cannot launch my local Ghost install
[http://localhost:2368/](http://localhost:2368/) don’t work
I try to restart Ghost with “ghost restart”
> × Restarting Ghost
> A CliError occurred.
> Message: An unexpected error occurred while stopping Ghost.
This is the log file
Debug Information:
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel, v10.0.19042
Node Version: v12.19.0
Ghost Version: 3.37.1
Ghost-CLI Version: 1.15.2
Environment: development
Command: ‘ghost restart’
Message: An unexpected error occurred while stopping Ghost.
Stack: Error: An unexpected error occurred while stopping Ghost.
at C:\Users\xtric\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules\ghost-cli\lib\utils\local-process.js:124:39
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task\_queues.js:97:5)
at async LocalProcess.restart (C:\Users\xtric\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules\ghost-cli\lib\process-manager.js:34:9)
at async Instance.restart (C:\Users\xtric\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules\ghost-cli\lib\instance.js:326:9)
Original Error Message:
Message:
Error: Killing process 8592 failed: Process doesn’t exist
at Array.map ()
at fkill (C:/Users/xtric/AppData/Roaming/npm/node\_modules/ghost-cli/node\_modules/fkill/index.js:128:9)
at async LocalProcess.restart (C:/Users/xtric/AppData/Roaming/npm/node\_modules/ghost-cli/lib/process-manager.js:34:9)
at async Instance.restart (C:/Users/xtric/AppData/Roaming/npm/node\_modules/ghost-cli/lib/instance.js:326:9)
Stack: AggregateError:
Error: Killing process 8592 failed: Process doesn’t exist
at Array.map ()
at fkill (C:/Users/xtric/AppData/Roaming/npm/node\_modules/ghost-cli/node\_modules/fkill/index.js:128:9)
at async LocalProcess.restart (C:/Users/xtric/AppData/Roaming/npm/node\_modules/ghost-cli/lib/process-manager.js:34:9)
at async Instance.restart (C:/Users/xtric/AppData/Roaming/npm/node\_modules/ghost-cli/lib/instance.js:326:9)
at fkill (C:\Users\xtric\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules\ghost-cli\node\_modules\fkill\index.js:128:9)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task\_queues.js:97:5)
at async LocalProcess.restart (C:\Users\xtric\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules\ghost-cli\lib\process-manager.js:34:9)
at async Instance.restart (C:\Users\xtric\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules\ghost-cli\lib\instance.js:326:9)
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### Author:  [@Kevin](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Kevin)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/problem-with-ghost-cli-cannot-restart-or-stop/18749/2 "2020-12-07T14:47:00Z")
@Publipresse does `ghost start` work? The error you’ve given is showing that Ghost isn’t running so there was nothing to stop as part of the restart.
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### Author:  [@Publipresse](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Publipresse)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/problem-with-ghost-cli-cannot-restart-or-stop/18749/3 "2020-12-07T15:19:19Z")
Hi Kevin,
No, ghost start says it is running
**PS E:\Documents\GHOST LPDD\> ghost start**
Ghost is already running! For more information, run:
```
ghost ls
```
**PS E:\Documents\GHOST LPDD\> ghost stop**
× Stopping Ghost: ghost-local
A CliError occurred.
Message: An unexpected error occurred while stopping Ghost.
Debug Information:
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel, v10.0.19042
Node Version: v12.19.0
Ghost Version: 3.37.1
Ghost-CLI Version: 1.15.2
Environment: development
Command: ‘ghost stop’
Additional log info available in: C:\Users\xtric.ghost\logs\ghost-cli-debug-2020-12-07T15\_15\_36\_721Z.log
Try running ghost doctor to check your system for known issues.
You can always refer to [Ghost-CLI - A fully loaded tool for installation and configuration](https://ghost.org/docs/api/ghost-cli/) for troubleshooting.
**PS E:\Documents\GHOST LPDD\> ghost run**
The `ghost run` command is used by the configured Ghost process manager and for debugging. If you’re not running this to debug something, you should run `ghost start` instead.
E:\Documents\GHOST LPDD\versions\3.37.1\core\shared\config\utils.js:103
delete database.connection.host;
^
TypeError: Cannot read property ‘connection’ of undefined
at exports.Provider.sanitizeDatabaseProperties (E:\Documents\GHOST LPDD\versions\3.37.1\core\shared\config\utils.js:103:25)
at Object.loadNconf (E:\Documents\GHOST LPDD\versions\3.37.1\core\shared\config\index.js:52:11)
at Object. (E:\Documents\GHOST LPDD\versions\3.37.1\core\shared\config\index.js:83:27)
at Module.\_compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1015:30)
at Object.Module.\_extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1035:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:879:32)
at Function.Module.\_load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:724:14)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:903:19)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
at Object. (E:\Documents\GHOST LPDD\versions\3.37.1\core\shared\sentry.js:1:16)
PS E:\Documents\GHOST LPDD\>