# Kolibri Database image malfomed error **URL:** \ **Category:** Kolibri\ **Tags:** installation\ **Created:** [August 15, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/kolibri-database-image-malfomed-error/2876 "2023-08-15T14:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![William](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/william/32/1930_2.png) [@William](https://community.learningequality.org/u/William)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/kolibri-database-image-malfomed-error/2876/1 "2023-08-15T14:03:06Z")
Good day I am getting the following error: kolibri start INFO Running Kolibri with the following settings: kolibri.deployment.default.settings.base Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/db/backends/utils.py”, line 64, in execute return self.cursor.execute(sql, params) File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py”, line 323, in execute return Database.Cursor.execute(self, query, params) sqlite3.DatabaseError: database disk image is malformed The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/local/bin/kolibri”, line 11, in sys.exit(main()) File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/utils/cli.py”, line 569, in main initialize(debug=debug) File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/utils/cli.py”, line 146, in initialize django.setup() File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/init.py”, line 18, in setup apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED\_APPS) File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/apps/registry.py”, line 115, in populate app\_config.ready() File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/morango/apps.py”, line 27, in ready InstanceIDModel.get\_or\_create\_current\_instance() File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/morango/models.py”, line 107, in get\_or\_create\_current\_instance “database”: DatabaseIDModel.get\_or\_create\_current\_database\_id(), File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/morango/models.py”, line 68, in get\_or\_create\_current\_database\_id return cls.objects.get(current=True) File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/db/models/manager.py”, line 122, in manager\_method return getattr(self.get\_queryset(), name)(\*args, \*\*kwargs) File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/db/models/query.py”, line 381, in get num = len(clone) File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/db/models/query.py”, line 240, in len self.\_fetch\_all() File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/db/models/query.py”, line 1074, in \_fetch\_all self.\_result\_cache = list(self.iterator()) File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/db/models/query.py”, line 52, in iter results = compiler.execute\_sql() File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py”, line 848, in execute\_sql cursor.execute(sql, params) File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/db/backends/utils.py”, line 64, in execute return self.cursor.execute(sql, params) File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/db/utils.py”, line 95, in exit six.reraise(dj\_exc\_type, dj\_exc\_value, traceback) File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/utils/six.py”, line 685, in reraise raise value.with\_traceback(tb) File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/db/backends/utils.py”, line 64, in execute return self.cursor.execute(sql, params) File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/kolibri/dist/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py”, line 323, in execute return Database.Cursor.execute(self, query, params) django.db.utils.DatabaseError: database disk image is malformed ---
**Author:** ![RadinaMatic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/radinamatic/32/701_2.png) [@RadinaMatic](https://community.learningequality.org/u/RadinaMatic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/kolibri-database-image-malfomed-error/2876/2 "2023-10-23T10:14:25Z")
Hello @William, we are sorry you are experiencing issues with Kolibri. Did you try the steps recommended in our User Guide to repair the malformed database? [https://kolibri.readthedocs.io/en/latest/manage/get\_support.html#malformed-database](https://kolibri.readthedocs.io/en/latest/manage/get_support.html#malformed-database) ---
**Author:** ![RadinaMatic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/radinamatic/32/701_2.png) [@RadinaMatic](https://community.learningequality.org/u/RadinaMatic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/kolibri-database-image-malfomed-error/2876/3 "2023-10-23T10:18:45Z")
I just noticed that my colleague replied to you with the same recommendation in another topic. I’m going to close this one, please open just one post per question you want the support for, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![RadinaMatic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/radinamatic/32/701_2.png) [@RadinaMatic](https://community.learningequality.org/u/RadinaMatic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/kolibri-database-image-malfomed-error/2876/4 "2023-10-23T10:18:52Z")
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**Author:** ![RadinaMatic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/radinamatic/32/701_2.png) [@RadinaMatic](https://community.learningequality.org/u/RadinaMatic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/kolibri-database-image-malfomed-error/2876/5 "2023-10-23T10:19:03Z")