# Gateway hanging at starting after startup

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-hanging-at-starting-after-startup/38698>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [September 15, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-hanging-at-starting-after-startup/38698 "2020-09-15T16:12:14Z")\
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**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 25, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-hanging-at-starting-after-startup/38698/13 "2021-03-25T17:22:20Z")

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Same as mentioned here or in this thread: [Gate way doesn't start after upgrade from 8.0.16 to 8.1](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gate-way-doesnt-start-after-upgrade-from-8-0-16-to-8-1/39546/4)

Delete some files and start it up again. We’re not sure why hard shutdowns are corrupting this file so easily.

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