# Unable to get Flow emulator running

**URL:** <https://forum.flow.com/t/unable-to-get-flow-emulator-running/1758>\
**Category:** Users Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [April 19, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/unable-to-get-flow-emulator-running/1758 "2021-04-19T04:48:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![zach8302](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@zach8302](https://forum.flow.com/u/zach8302)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/unable-to-get-flow-emulator-running/1758/1 "2021-04-19T04:48:33Z")

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I am attempting to run a Flow emulator on my MacBook air in accordance with this article: [How to Create NFTs Like NBA Top Shot With Flow and IPFS | by Justin Hunter | Pinata | Medium](https://medium.com/pinata/how-to-create-nfts-like-nba-top-shot-with-flow-and-ipfs-701296944bf)

The smart contract runs perfectly well on the playground but when I try to run:

flow project start-emulator

It gets stuck and never starts:

INFO[0000] ⚙ Using service account 0xf8d6e0586b0a20c7 serviceAddress=f8d6e0586b0a20c7 serviceHashAlgo=SHA3\_256 servicePrivKey=5739bf616adafdb38493644b2bfc6dac30d74a60f481e03812ce9c36ac686d5c servicePubKey=bb4fae0c55e82aabcaae1825ee5c15079e29aec7f19dfddc955a258d70e9daf5bd940d29c2d9316ad8777eacd179e8a96611653481be69ed478cdc276fdb7105 serviceSigAlgo=ECDSA\_P256  
INFO[0000] 📜 Flow contracts FlowFees=0xe5a8b7f23e8b548f FlowServiceAccount=0xf8d6e0586b0a20c7 FlowStorageFees=0xf8d6e0586b0a20c7 FlowToken=0x0ae53cb6e3f42a79 FungibleToken=0xee82856bf20e2aa6  
INFO[0000] 🌱 Starting gRPC server on port 3569 port=3569  
INFO[0000] 🌱 Starting HTTP server on port 8080 port=8080

I would appreciate any advice

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**Author:** ![uriwashere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8491ac/32.png) [@uriwashere](https://forum.flow.com/u/uriwashere)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/unable-to-get-flow-emulator-running/1758/2 "2021-05-14T05:36:05Z")

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Have you had any success in fixing this? I’m having the same exact problem.

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**Author:** ![sideninja](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.flow.com/sideninja/32/363_2.png) [@sideninja](https://forum.flow.com/u/sideninja)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/unable-to-get-flow-emulator-running/1758/3 "2021-05-14T13:01:27Z")

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The log states that emulator has been started and is listening on stated ports.  
What is that you expect?