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title: "Error When opening - Configuration system failed to initialize"
canonical: "https://servicedesk.maxgeo.com/space/LogChief/1057161248/Error%20When%20opening%20-%20Configuration%20system%20failed%20to%20initialize"
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**Issue:**

Error popup when opening Logchief. 

*“An error occurred and the application will now close. Error Details; Configuration system failed to initialize”*

![image](media://8d5b8be5-9208-4dae-85ab-b3ef5bbdfac1)

**Cause:**

The connection settings to the Logchief System database have become corrupted.

**Resolution: ** 

Run the LogChief 3.2 - Reset application. Once run LogChief will prompt to reenter the connection details to the LogChief Sytem database

![image](media://db577473-15ce-4d87-b3be-d84155f3cadc)