# Jekyll Serve Not working again

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-serve-not-working-again/4517>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [June 1, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-serve-not-working-again/4517 "2020-06-01T21:02:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![ark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/ark/32/2559_2.png) [@ark](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ark)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-serve-not-working-again/4517/1 "2020-06-01T21:02:14Z")

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I tried copying a second Jekyll folder on my computer. I am on Windows 10 Pro.  
I tried to run bundle update && bundle exec jekyll serve on the new folder/directory hosting jekyll website but now the command prompt just runs through all the commands and then goes back to the command prompt. I tried also updating gem and jekyll commands still the same issue.

 ![2020-06-01_1500](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jekyllrb/original/2X/e/e484236ca48484712d7bc73fc7780f62543ea0f2.png)

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**Author:** ![rdyar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/rdyar/32/710_2.png) [@rdyar](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/rdyar)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-serve-not-working-again/4517/2 "2020-06-01T22:49:15Z")

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what if you just do `jekyll serve`?

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**Author:** ![ark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/ark/32/2559_2.png) [@ark](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ark)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-serve-not-working-again/4517/3 "2020-06-02T00:30:39Z")

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Same issue see screenshot if I just use jekyll serve.

Thanks,!

 ![2020-06-01_1840](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jekyllrb/original/2X/7/76c5b2b3967f31c4346b852d2e352b0406b40cc4.png)

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**Author:** ![mmistakes](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/mmistakes/32/2169_2.png) [@mmistakes](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/mmistakes)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-serve-not-working-again/4517/4 "2020-06-02T03:33:56Z")

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Have you tried the advice the error gives by prepending Jekyll commands with `bundle exec`?

```auto
bundle exec jekyll build
bundle exec jekyll serve

```

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**Author:** ![ashmaroli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@ashmaroli](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ashmaroli)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 6:29am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-serve-not-working-again/4517/5 "2020-06-02T06:29:23Z")

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@ark There is an issue with the latest `ffi` gem (`v1.13.0`) on Windows.  
Please follow the steps below to proceed:

- Edit your Gemfile by adding the following line:

```auto
# Temporarily lock ffi gem to v1.12.x on Windows
platforms :mswin, :mingw, :x64_mingw do
  gem "ffi", "~> 1.12.2"
end

```

- Delete existing `Gemfile.lock`
- Run `bundle exec jekyll serve`

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**Author:** ![sp\_joel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@sp\_joel](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/sp_joel)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-serve-not-working-again/4517/6 "2020-06-02T13:49:10Z")

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I could kiss you. FFI 1.13.0 was released yesterday. Coincidentally, I’ve been struggling to figure out why my build chain randomly ceased functioning around lunchtime yesterday. I tried this on a whim and now everything functions as it should.

For me the problem was made manifest really quietly. Jekyll generates all the files, but never actually writes them to the disk. It doesn’t even create a \_site directory.

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**Author:** ![ark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/ark/32/2559_2.png) [@ark](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ark)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-serve-not-working-again/4517/7 "2020-06-02T14:16:26Z")

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Thanks guys it works, awesome 😀  
I also tried without adding the code lines to the Gemfile.lock, it seems it might work by just deleting the Gemfile.lock and then running bundle exec jekyll serve.