# Edge gateway won't start with error java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not read catapult properties **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition80\ **Created:** [March 10, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-gateway-wont-start-with-error-java-lang-illegalstateexception-could-not-read-catapult-properties/44334 "2021-03-10T22:30:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mleefers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@mleefers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mleefers)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-gateway-wont-start-with-error-java-lang-illegalstateexception-could-not-read-catapult-properties/44334/1 "2021-03-10T22:30:48Z")
Hello, I am trying to start an 8.0.16 edge gateway and I am getting the following output in the wrapper.log file: STATUS | wrapper | 2021/03/11 14:08:30 | --\> Wrapper Started as Daemon STATUS | wrapper | 2021/03/11 14:08:30 | Java Service Wrapper Standard Edition 32-bit 3.5.42 STATUS | wrapper | 2021/03/11 14:08:30 | Copyright © 1999-2020 Tanuki Software, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. STATUS | wrapper | 2021/03/11 14:08:30 | [http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.com](http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.com) STATUS | wrapper | 2021/03/11 14:08:30 | Licensed to Inductive Automation for Inductive Automation STATUS | wrapper | 2021/03/11 14:08:30 | STATUS | wrapper | 2021/03/11 14:08:32 | Launching a JVM… INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:34 | WrapperManager: Initializing… INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:45 | 14:08:45,423 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - About to instantiate appender of type [ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender] INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:45 | 14:08:45,496 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - Naming appender as [SysoutAppender] INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:45 | 14:08:45,570 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.NestedComplexPropertyIA - Assuming default type [ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder] for [encoder] property INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:45 | 14:08:45,927 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - About to instantiate appender of type [com.inductiveautomation.logging.SQLiteAppender] INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:46 | 14:08:46,049 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - Naming appender as [DB] INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,291 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.db.DataSourceConnectionSource@1e9eae2 - Driver name=SQLite JDBC INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,292 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.db.DataSourceConnectionSource@1e9eae2 - Driver version=3.23.1 INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,292 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.db.DataSourceConnectionSource@1e9eae2 - supportsGetGeneratedKeys=true INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,369 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - About to instantiate appender of type [ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender] INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,416 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - Naming appender as [SysoutAsync] INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,418 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderRefAction - Attaching appender named [SysoutAppender] to ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender[SysoutAsync] INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,419 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender[SysoutAsync] - Attaching appender named [SysoutAppender] to AsyncAppender. INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,429 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender[SysoutAsync] - Setting discardingThreshold to 51 INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,433 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - About to instantiate appender of type [ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender] INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,435 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - Naming appender as [DBAsync] INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,444 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderRefAction - Attaching appender named [DB] to ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender[DBAsync] INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,444 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender[DBAsync] - Attaching appender named [DB] to AsyncAppender. INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,445 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender[DBAsync] - Setting discardingThreshold to 51 INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,455 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.RootLoggerAction - Setting level of ROOT logger to INFO INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,466 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderRefAction - Attaching appender named [SysoutAsync] to Logger[ROOT] INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,474 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderRefAction - Attaching appender named [DBAsync] to Logger[ROOT] INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,475 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.ConfigurationAction - End of configuration. INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:47 | 14:08:47,489 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.JoranConfigurator@6b5c2a - Registering current configuration as safe fallback point INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | E [IgnitionGateway] [06:08:48]: Error initializing web manager: INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not read catapult properties. INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.web.WebResourceManagerImpl.readGatewayProperties(WebResourceManagerImpl.java:430) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.web.WebResourceManagerImpl.(WebResourceManagerImpl.java:106) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.IgnitionGateway.(IgnitionGateway.java:483) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.IgnitionGateway.main(IgnitionGateway.java:273) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at com.inductiveautomation.catapult.Catapult.main(Catapult.java:8) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp.run(WrapperSimpleApp.java:349) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | Caused by: java.util.InvalidPropertiesFormatException: jdk.internal.org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at java.base/jdk.internal.util.xml.PropertiesDefaultHandler.load(PropertiesDefaultHandler.java:85) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at java.base/java.util.Properties.loadFromXML(Properties.java:983) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at com.inductiveautomation.catapult.util.PersistentProperties.tryLoad(PersistentProperties.java:114) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at com.inductiveautomation.catapult.util.PersistentProperties.(PersistentProperties.java:73) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at com.inductiveautomation.catapult.util.PersistentProperties.(PersistentProperties.java:54) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at com.inductiveautomation.catapult.util.PersistentProperties.(PersistentProperties.java:43) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.web.WebResourceManagerImpl.readGatewayProperties(WebResourceManagerImpl.java:428) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | … 10 common frames omitted INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | Caused by: jdk.internal.org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at java.base/jdk.internal.util.xml.impl.ParserSAX.panic(ParserSAX.java:652) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at java.base/jdk.internal.util.xml.impl.Parser.step(Parser.java:494) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at java.base/jdk.internal.util.xml.impl.ParserSAX.parse(ParserSAX.java:436) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at java.base/jdk.internal.util.xml.impl.ParserSAX.parse(ParserSAX.java:411) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at java.base/jdk.internal.util.xml.impl.ParserSAX.parse(ParserSAX.java:374) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at java.base/jdk.internal.util.xml.impl.SAXParserImpl.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:97) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | at java.base/jdk.internal.util.xml.PropertiesDefaultHandler.load(PropertiesDefaultHandler.java:83) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | … 16 common frames omitted INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | WrapperSimpleApp: INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | WrapperSimpleApp Error: Encountered an error running main: INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | WrapperSimpleApp Error: java.lang.NullPointerException INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | WrapperSimpleApp Error: at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.IgnitionGateway.start(IgnitionGateway.java:538) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | WrapperSimpleApp Error: at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.IgnitionGateway.main(IgnitionGateway.java:275) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | WrapperSimpleApp Error: at com.inductiveautomation.catapult.Catapult.main(Catapult.java:8) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | WrapperSimpleApp Error: at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | WrapperSimpleApp Error: at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | WrapperSimpleApp Error: at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | WrapperSimpleApp Error: at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | WrapperSimpleApp Error: at org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp.run(WrapperSimpleApp.java:349) INFO | jvm 1 | 2021/03/11 14:08:48 | WrapperSimpleApp Error: at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834) STATUS | wrapper | 2021/03/11 14:08:50 | \<-- Wrapper Stopped I thought maybe it was a permissions problem somewhere but I am pretty certain I have updated permissions for all needed files/folders now and I am still seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-gateway-wont-start-with-error-java-lang-illegalstateexception-could-not-read-catapult-properties/44334/2 "2021-03-10T22:33:36Z")
In the `$IGNITION/data` folder there should be a `gateway.xml` and `gateway.xml_clean` file. Do you have those? Can you upload `gateway.xml`? If you do have both, try moving or renaming `gateway.xml` so the clean version gets used. ---
**Author:** ![mleefers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@mleefers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mleefers)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-gateway-wont-start-with-error-java-lang-illegalstateexception-could-not-read-catapult-properties/44334/3 "2021-03-10T22:38:35Z")
That did it. The gateway.xml file was empty. moved it from that directory and all was good.