# Running Kirby Locally - problems

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/running-kirby-locally-problems/22360>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v3\
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/running-kirby-locally-problems/22360 "2021-05-18T16:26:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![devon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/devon/32/10451_2.png) [@devon](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/devon)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/running-kirby-locally-problems/22360/1 "2021-05-18T16:26:01Z")

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Hello all - I have inherited a Kirby project and am totally new to it. We have a project running on a server and I am able to push code to the server and have it run successfully, but I am not able to run the code on a local server.

Steps I’ve taken:  
I’ve downloaded the Kirby version that is running on the remote server, changed the name to ‘kirby’ and put it in my project folder.  
I’ve run the command `php -S localhost:8000 kirby/router.php` and the server spins up correctly.

However, when I go to localhost:8000 I get a `throw new NotFoundException('The home page does not exist');`

So too when I go to any page that exists.

When I go to /panel, I can get in correctly but no pages are showing up and the different panels aren’t displaying correctly, an example being: " **The section “events” could not be loaded:** The parent for the query “kirby.page(“veranstaltungen”)” cannot be found in the section “events”"

Can anyone help?

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**Author:** ![devon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/devon/32/10451_2.png) [@devon](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/devon)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/running-kirby-locally-problems/22360/2 "2021-05-18T16:34:21Z")

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As often happens, you look at something for 2 hours and then figure it out 5 min after posting. It looks like the content folder wasn’t in the repository so I just had to copy it down from the server.

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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/running-kirby-locally-problems/22360/3 "2021-05-18T16:49:27Z")

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Great! Welcome to the forum, nevertheless 👋