# Running Ghost on a previous project

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/running-ghost-on-a-previous-project/12645>\
**Category:** Installation\
**Created:** [March 12, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/running-ghost-on-a-previous-project/12645 "2020-03-12T13:51:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ahmedie-m](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/ahmedie-m/32/6799_2.png) [@Ahmedie-m](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Ahmedie-m)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/running-ghost-on-a-previous-project/12645/1 "2020-03-12T13:51:35Z")

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Hey guys, this is my first time trying to work on Ghost but I have come across an issue when running it.

The project I am working on is running on Ghost and now that I have setup Ghost on my machine, I am having some issues running the local server for this project locally. It throws me an error back that I can’t seem to find a proper answer for online.

I am working on a Windows machine, that has a subsystem of Linux installed on it. Perhaps someone can assist me? Thank you very much.

```
❯ 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.

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:985
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/mnt/c/Users/user/site/ghost/current/index.js'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:982:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:864:27)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:74:12)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:18:47 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: []
}
```

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**Author:** ![vikaspotluri123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/vikaspotluri123/32/24_2.png) [@vikaspotluri123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/vikaspotluri123)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/running-ghost-on-a-previous-project/12645/2 "2020-03-12T15:15:17Z")

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Hey @Ahmedie-m 👋

Can you run `ghost doctor` to make sure nothing’s broken, and if nothing is broken, can you also share the debug information in the output? The 2 main things are node version and ghost version 🙂

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**Author:** ![Ahmedie-m](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/ahmedie-m/32/6799_2.png) [@Ahmedie-m](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Ahmedie-m)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/running-ghost-on-a-previous-project/12645/3 "2020-03-12T15:18:17Z")

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> [@vikaspotluri123](#):
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> thing’s broken, and if nothing is broken, can you also share the debug information in the output? The 2 main things are node version and ghost version 🙂

Hey, I have already tried that previously but it shows nothing as broken.

Here is the output:

Found a development config but not a production config, running in development mode instead  
✔ Checking system Node.js version  
ℹ Ensuring user is not logged in as ghost user [skipped]  
ℹ Checking if logged in user is directory owner [skipped]  
✔ Checking current folder permissions  
✔ Validating config  
✔ Checking memory availability  
✔ Checking binary dependencies

Debug Information:  
OS: Ubuntu, v18.04.4 LTS  
Node Version: v12.16.1  
Ghost Version: 2.9.1  
Ghost-CLI Version: 1.13.1  
Environment: production

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**Author:** ![vikaspotluri123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/vikaspotluri123/32/24_2.png) [@vikaspotluri123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/vikaspotluri123)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/running-ghost-on-a-previous-project/12645/4 "2020-03-13T14:15:59Z")

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Hmm, it looks like you’re using a pretty old version of Ghost (current version is 3.11!). Could you try updating?