# Unable to start Ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-start-ignition/40915>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 24, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-start-ignition/40915 "2020-11-24T08:49:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![kevin.keefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@kevin.keefe](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kevin.keefe)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-start-ignition/40915/1 "2020-11-24T08:49:31Z")

</div>

Hello all

I have recently installed 8.1 but have found that the Ignition service will not run.  
Have checked the event viewer and it returns the following error:

‘The Ignition service terminated with the following service-specific error:  
Incorrect function’  
Have tried un-installing, and re-installing but it still has the same issue.

Kevin

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-start-ignition/40915/2 "2020-11-24T11:10:29Z")

</div>

You need to check the wrapper log and see what errors occured

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![blackdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d26b3c/32.png) [@blackdog](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blackdog)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-start-ignition/40915/3 "2024-06-12T19:17:57Z")

</div>

Too bad the user didn't respond when they apparently fixed the issue. I'm having the exact same problem. However, the gateway does come up but won't restart after restoring my v7.9 backup. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-start-ignition/40915/4 "2024-06-13T05:24:23Z")

</div>

@blackdog

> [@nminchin](#):
>
> You need to check the wrapper log and see what errors occured

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![blackdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d26b3c/32.png) [@blackdog](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blackdog)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-start-ignition/40915/5 "2024-06-28T14:36:37Z")

</div>

Thanks. I did that and found the error with help.