# Issue: Elastic APM caught unhandled exception: start\_1.default is not a function using hapi 16.1

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-elastic-apm-caught-unhandled-exception-start-1-default-is-not-a-function-using-hapi-16-1/145374>\
**Category:** APM\
**Created:** [August 21, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-elastic-apm-caught-unhandled-exception-start-1-default-is-not-a-function-using-hapi-16-1/145374 "2018-08-21T11:14:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dhruv2204](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhruv2204/32/57207_2.png) [@dhruv2204](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dhruv2204)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-elastic-apm-caught-unhandled-exception-start-1-default-is-not-a-function-using-hapi-16-1/145374/1 "2018-08-21T11:14:35Z")

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> <https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-nodejs/issues/518>

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**Author:** ![dhruv2204](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhruv2204/32/57207_2.png) [@dhruv2204](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dhruv2204)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-elastic-apm-caught-unhandled-exception-start-1-default-is-not-a-function-using-hapi-16-1/145374/2 "2018-08-21T11:15:34Z")

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Still not able to figure this out. Any help?

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**Author:** ![wa7son](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wa7son/32/21259_2.png) [@wa7son](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wa7son)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-elastic-apm-caught-unhandled-exception-start-1-default-is-not-a-function-using-hapi-16-1/145374/3 "2018-08-21T14:53:04Z")

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I've responded in the GitHub issue. I'll close this thread 😃

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**Author:** ![wa7son](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wa7son/32/21259_2.png) [@wa7son](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wa7son)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-elastic-apm-caught-unhandled-exception-start-1-default-is-not-a-function-using-hapi-16-1/145374/4 "2018-08-21T14:53:17Z")

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-elastic-apm-caught-unhandled-exception-start-1-default-is-not-a-function-using-hapi-16-1/145374/5 "2018-08-22T01:49:24Z")

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Just to add @dhruv2204, posting a link to a GitHub issue won't get you assistance any faster. Patience is important 🙂