# Lift Off 1: Basics - Error while starting the client after cloning

**URL:** <https://community.apollographql.com/t/lift-off-1-basics-error-while-starting-the-client-after-cloning/6402>\
**Category:** Other Apollo Topics\
**Tags:** odyssey\
**Created:** [June 23, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.apollographql.com/t/lift-off-1-basics-error-while-starting-the-client-after-cloning/6402 "2023-06-23T19:50:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![utkarshraj1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.apollographql.com/utkarshraj1/32/4383_2.png) [@utkarshraj1](https://community.apollographql.com/u/utkarshraj1)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.apollographql.com/t/lift-off-1-basics-error-while-starting-the-client-after-cloning/6402/1 "2023-06-23T19:50:07Z")

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Issue while trying to start the client

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/apollographql/original/2X/2/2c936eb27954b1e69fb2bf4388cac583359cb536.png)

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**Author:** ![utkarshraj1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.apollographql.com/utkarshraj1/32/4383_2.png) [@utkarshraj1](https://community.apollographql.com/u/utkarshraj1)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.apollographql.com/t/lift-off-1-basics-error-while-starting-the-client-after-cloning/6402/2 "2023-06-23T19:50:48Z")

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Following this course: [Graph Developer - Associate - GraphQL Tutorials](https://www.apollographql.com/tutorials/certifications/apollo-graph-associate/)

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**Author:** ![lizhennessy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.apollographql.com/lizhennessy/32/3894_2.png) [@lizhennessy](https://community.apollographql.com/u/lizhennessy)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.apollographql.com/t/lift-off-1-basics-error-while-starting-the-client-after-cloning/6402/3 "2023-06-23T20:03:44Z")

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Hi there @utkarshraj1 ! We recently made some updates to the course, and I would guess that has to do with this error! I’m happy to help troubleshoot. Do you have your code pushed up to a repository that I could take a look at?

One of the changes we made was swapping out the Create-React-App boilerplate in favor of Vite. For this reason, there should be a file called `vite.config.js` in the root of your `client` directory. Could you confirm if that is present in your repo?

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Gonzalez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.apollographql.com/justin_gonzalez/32/5359_2.png) [@Justin\_Gonzalez](https://community.apollographql.com/u/Justin_Gonzalez)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.apollographql.com/t/lift-off-1-basics-error-while-starting-the-client-after-cloning/6402/4 "2025-02-06T20:48:39Z")

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Archived on February 6, 2025, 8:48pm UTC