# IBM\\WebSphere was unexpected at this time

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ibm-websphere-was-unexpected-at-this-time/193870>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 5, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ibm-websphere-was-unexpected-at-this-time/193870 "2019-08-05T19:17:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![nim\_alan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@nim\_alan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nim_alan1)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ibm-websphere-was-unexpected-at-this-time/193870/1 "2019-08-05T19:17:24Z")

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elk newbie here, trying to follow the logstash guide for version 7.3.0.  
when running the command as in guide "bin\logstash -e 'input { stdin { } } output { stdout {} }'" I get the below error.

"IBM\WebSphere was unexpected at this time". Screen shot below.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/a/aa2fe31de7afaf3baa02165f87ec47f433e62ab2.png)

Also I tried running using a confi, getting same error.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/6/c68102815a6dfc8d01580fb931534b1ddbb5d681.png)

I did not find any resolution for this error reported by others in this forum.

appreciate your help,  
Nim

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**Author:** ![nim\_alan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@nim\_alan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nim_alan1)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ibm-websphere-was-unexpected-at-this-time/193870/2 "2019-08-09T13:11:10Z")

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This is resolved by updating all references to C:\Program Files (x86) with C:\Progra~2 in windows7 in classpath and path in System Environment variables.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ibm-websphere-was-unexpected-at-this-time/193870/3 "2019-09-06T13:11:17Z")

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