# Configuration for 'APP' is missing

**URL:** <https://forum.flowable.org/t/configuration-for-app-is-missing/2840>\
**Category:** Flowable Application\
**Created:** [November 1, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/configuration-for-app-is-missing/2840 "2018-11-01T23:06:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Heurazio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/67e7ee/32.png) [@Heurazio](https://forum.flowable.org/u/Heurazio)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/configuration-for-app-is-missing/2840/1 "2018-11-01T23:06:21Z")

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I just tried to upgrade from 6.3.0 to 6.4.0 and run into a few problems. After I purged the test database and reinstalled Flowable, I got the `Configuration for 'APP' is missing` error in the Catalina log (please have a look into the log file). It’s not documented how to solve this problem. What do I need to do to solve this?

> <https://gist.github.com/Heurazio/30b7aef0d2eed7cacc7389207da92f54>

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**Author:** ![filiphr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/filiphr/32/315_2.png) [@filiphr](https://forum.flowable.org/u/filiphr)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/configuration-for-app-is-missing/2840/2 "2018-11-05T08:05:33Z")

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Hey @Heurazio,

Do you perhaps have overridden the Flowable default properties on your side?

I would advise you to have a look at the [`flowable-default.properties`](https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine/blob/master/modules/flowable-ui-admin/flowable-ui-admin-app/src/main/resources/flowable-default.properties)` for the Admin application and compare it.

I would also strongly advise you not to override the `flowable-default.properties`, but provide your own `application.properties`. Doing it this way you make sure not to miss some new defaults and also you can override any property as the `application.properties` have a higher precedence.

Cheers,  
Filip
