# Logstash 5.1.2 starting with errors

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-1-2-starting-with-errors/72188>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 19, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-1-2-starting-with-errors/72188 "2017-01-19T15:58:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-1-2-starting-with-errors/72188/7 "2017-01-24T06:47:30Z")

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> what should i modify in $HOME ?

As I said, fix what's wrong in .logstash\_jdbc\_last\_run (the error message suggests broken YAML) or delete the file.

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