# Unable to start Ignition on MacOS 10.14 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [February 8, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-start-ignition-on-macos-10-14/22441 "2019-02-08T15:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![avasu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5daacb/32.png) [@avasu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/avasu)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-start-ignition-on-macos-10-14/22441/1 "2019-02-08T15:43:17Z")
I recently installed ignition version 7.9.10.20181128-1303; I have Java version 8 update 181. On clicking “Finish” after installation, an error popped up saying ignition.sh start exited abnormally. On running ignition.sh start on the command line in /usr/local/ignition, I get the following: Waiting for Ignition-Gateway… WARNING: Ignition-Gateway may have failed to start. Also here is the wrapper.log file contents: STATUS | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:17 | Launching a JVM… ERROR | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:17 | JVM exited while loading the application. INFO | jvm 1 | 2019/02/08 10:29:17 | Unrecognized option: -d64 INFO | jvm 1 | 2019/02/08 10:29:17 | Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. INFO | jvm 1 | 2019/02/08 10:29:17 | Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. STATUS | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:21 | Reloading Wrapper configuration… STATUS | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:21 | JVM process is gone. STATUS | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:22 | Launching a JVM… ERROR | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:22 | JVM exited while loading the application. INFO | jvm 2 | 2019/02/08 10:29:22 | Unrecognized option: -d64 INFO | jvm 2 | 2019/02/08 10:29:22 | Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. INFO | jvm 2 | 2019/02/08 10:29:22 | Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. STATUS | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:26 | Reloading Wrapper configuration… STATUS | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:26 | JVM process is gone. STATUS | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:26 | Launching a JVM… ERROR | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:26 | JVM exited while loading the application. INFO | jvm 3 | 2019/02/08 10:29:26 | Unrecognized option: -d64 INFO | jvm 3 | 2019/02/08 10:29:26 | Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. INFO | jvm 3 | 2019/02/08 10:29:26 | Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. STATUS | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:31 | Reloading Wrapper configuration… STATUS | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:31 | JVM process is gone. STATUS | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:31 | Launching a JVM… ERROR | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:31 | JVM exited while loading the application. INFO | jvm 4 | 2019/02/08 10:29:31 | Unrecognized option: -d64 INFO | jvm 4 | 2019/02/08 10:29:31 | Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. INFO | jvm 4 | 2019/02/08 10:29:31 | Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. STATUS | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:36 | Reloading Wrapper configuration… STATUS | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:36 | JVM process is gone. STATUS | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:36 | Launching a JVM… ERROR | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:36 | JVM exited while loading the application. INFO | jvm 5 | 2019/02/08 10:29:36 | Unrecognized option: -d64 INFO | jvm 5 | 2019/02/08 10:29:36 | Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. INFO | jvm 5 | 2019/02/08 10:29:36 | Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. FATAL | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:36 | There were 5 failed launches in a row, each lasting less than 300 seconds. Giving up. FATAL | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:36 | There may be a configuration problem: please check the logs. STATUS | wrapper | 2019/02/08 10:29:36 | \<-- Wrapper Stopped Any ideas? Thanks. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-start-ignition-on-macos-10-14/22441/2 "2019-02-08T15:52:35Z")
You have the same issue as the user in [this post](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cannot-get-ignition-to-start-anymore/17950/6), where it turns out he had Java 10 on his path. It’s probably the same issue here. Type `java -version` into a terminal and see what you get. ---
**Author:** ![avasu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5daacb/32.png) [@avasu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/avasu)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-start-ignition-on-macos-10-14/22441/3 "2019-02-08T17:40:38Z")
Changed jdk version and JAVA\_HOME. It worked! Thanks