# Jekyll fails to build site, I don't think I changed anything

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-fails-to-build-site-i-dont-think-i-changed-anything/7795>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 11, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-fails-to-build-site-i-dont-think-i-changed-anything/7795 "2022-11-11T20:25:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![faceyneck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/faceyneck/32/4968_2.png) [@faceyneck](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/faceyneck)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-fails-to-build-site-i-dont-think-i-changed-anything/7795/1 "2022-11-11T20:25:28Z")

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Jekyll is complaining about minima-social-icons, if I understand the error correctly. I was trying to write a new blog post, but even removing the post doesn’t change this error:

`Liquid Exception: Invalid syntax for include tag. File contains invalid characters or sequences: social-icons/.svg Valid syntax: {% include file.ext param='value' param2='value' %} in assets/minima-social-ico.html ------------------------------------------------ Jekyll 4.3.1 Please append`–trace`to the`build` command  
for any additional information or backtrace.  
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I’m using the `minima` theme with the `dark` skin.

Sorry if this is an easy problem that I caused without knowing. I’ve not been able to find any information regarding this issue.

Things I’ve tried to fix the problem:

Removing favicons from `/_includes/custom-head.html` (…probably a pointless effort, but thought it worth a try.)

Removing `minima-social-icons.svg` from the project entirely.

Removing the last blog post I’d made before this problem started.

Not sure what else to do, I’ve been able to fix every other problem up until this point.

Here’s a link to what does work:  
[My website](https://faceyneck.com)

Here’s a link to a branch I made with the failing-to-build project:

[Jekyll failing to build branch](https://github.com/faceyneck/faceyneck.github.io/tree/failing-jekyll)

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**Author:** ![PowerShellYoungTeam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/powershellyoungteam/32/5043_2.png) [@PowerShellYoungTeam](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/PowerShellYoungTeam)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-fails-to-build-site-i-dont-think-i-changed-anything/7795/2 "2022-12-19T21:13:37Z")

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Hi, getting exact same issue, solved it by commenting out my social media lines in \_config.xml , try following this stackoverflow page [ruby - Minima theme build shows "Liquid Exception: Invalid syntax for include tag. File contains invalid characters or sequences" - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74408145/minima-theme-build-shows-liquid-exception-invalid-syntax-for-include-tag-file)

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**Author:** ![PowerShellYoungTeam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/powershellyoungteam/32/5043_2.png) [@PowerShellYoungTeam](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/PowerShellYoungTeam)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-fails-to-build-site-i-dont-think-i-changed-anything/7795/3 "2022-12-19T21:21:00Z")

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ah, I just seen you got the answer when looking in the issues in the minina Github repo!! 🙂