# Issues with imagick on live server

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/issues-with-imagick-on-live-server/21895>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v3\
**Created:** [April 13, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/issues-with-imagick-on-live-server/21895 "2021-04-13T07:48:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirbyzone](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/kirbyzone/32/9224_2.png) [@kirbyzone](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/kirbyzone)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/issues-with-imagick-on-live-server/21895/5 "2021-04-14T04:22:34Z")

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@waffl TBH I’m stabbing at the dark here, but without having direct access to your server, this is what I’d suggest next:

1. Make sure that the `imagick` extension is actually being loaded by PHP. Login via ssh and type the following in your terminal, to see the list of modules PHP is loading - ‘imagick’ should appear in the list:

```auto
php -m

```

1. I’m not sure whether Kirby uses `exec()` in imagemagick operations, but if it does, then it’s worthwhile checking whether it’s enabled, as @pixelijn suggested. In order to enable it, you need to have superuser access to the server (you need to be able to login as ‘root’, or to use “sudo” on the terminal). You then need to edit the `disable_functions` setting in the `php.ini` file on the server - normally located at `/etc/php/php.ini`. To edit it with the ‘nano’ editor, you’d do:

```auto
sudo nano /etc/php/php.ini

```

Then, look for the line with `disable_functions` in it, and make sure `exec` is not in the list. Save the file and restart the server.

1. Last of all, the issue could also be related to the **version** of imagemagick that the server has installed. The version you seem to have is quite old - a couple of years old - so if at all possible, your server admin should update it for you. This will make operations faster, and might enable some operations that could be giving you trouble - like this one…

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