# Error starting Kibana if special chars in path **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [May 3, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-starting-kibana-if-special-chars-in-path/179561 "2019-05-03T16:13:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tomlabaude](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tomlabaude/32/45657_2.png) [@tomlabaude](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomlabaude)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-starting-kibana-if-special-chars-in-path/179561/1 "2019-05-03T16:13:10Z")
After `yarn start` in github repository, I had this error when accessing to Kibana: ``` WARNING in ./src/legacy/ui/public/styles/font_awesome.less Module build failed (from ./node_modules/mini-css-extract-plugin/dist/loader.js): ModuleNotFoundError: Module not found: Error: Can't resolve '../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot' in '/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/src/legacy/ui/public/styles' at factory.create (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:814:10) at factory (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js:397:22) at actualFactory (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/src/optimize/dynamic_dll_plugin/dynamic_dll_plugin.js:127:15) at resolver (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js:130:21) at asyncLib.parallel (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js:224:22) at /Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/neo-async/async.js:2817:7 at /Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/neo-async/async.js:6783:13 at normalResolver.resolve (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js:214:25) at doResolve (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:184:12) at hook.callAsync (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:238:5) at _fn0 (eval at create (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), :15:1) at resolver.doResolve (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/UnsafeCachePlugin.js:37:5) at hook.callAsync (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:238:5) at _fn0 (eval at create (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), :15:1) at hook.callAsync (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:238:5) at _fn0 (eval at create (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), :12:1) at resolver.doResolve (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/DescriptionFilePlugin.js:42:38) at hook.callAsync (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:238:5) at _fn43 (eval at create (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), :402:1) at hook.callAsync (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/Resolver.js:238:5) at _fn0 (eval at create (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:32:10), :12:1) at resolver.doResolve (/Users/User/Documents/#Code - Check Out/elastic/kibana/node_modules/enhanced-resolve/lib/DescriptionFilePlugin.js:42:38) ``` I realized that maybe the path `#Code - Check Out` was maybe problematic and moved the whole kibana folder to `/Users/User/Documents/` where it worked successfully. Is it the plugin which is faulty not checking the special chars in folder or kibana code ? Where/who should a bug be created ? ---
**Author:** ![jen-huang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jen-huang/32/74327_2.png) [@jen-huang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jen-huang)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-starting-kibana-if-special-chars-in-path/179561/2 "2019-05-03T18:38:40Z")
Hi, thanks for raising this issue. We think it is something related to Webpack and/or one of its loaders that Kibana is using. There may be some configuration options we can adjust to fix the issue. Would you mind [opening an issue](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/new/choose) in Kibana repository? Then our Operations team can do some more digging. ---
**Author:** ![tomlabaude](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tomlabaude/32/45657_2.png) [@tomlabaude](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomlabaude)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-starting-kibana-if-special-chars-in-path/179561/3 "2019-05-06T18:17:26Z")
Jen-Huang, thanks for your quick answer, bug has been filled [here](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/36127). Awesome support, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-starting-kibana-if-special-chars-in-path/179561/4 "2019-06-03T18:17:35Z")
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