# "Starting backup" for hours when service is launched **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [May 15, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/starting-backup-for-hours-when-service-is-launched/9872 "2020-05-15T17:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckfield](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/beckfield/32/2365_2.png) [@Beckfield](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/Beckfield)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/starting-backup-for-hours-when-service-is-launched/9872/1 "2020-05-15T17:02:35Z")
I killed the Duplicati service last night because I had something running and I didn’t want it competing with the scheduled backup. Today, I re-started the Duplicati service, and it has been “Starting Backup” for over an hour, and I have no idea how long it’s going to be. Is it really starting a backup? It shouldn’t be. I didn’t tell it to start the backup, I just launched the service. It shows the next scheduled run is after midnight tonight. I found a damaged file, and I want to do a restore, but, of course, I can’t, because the database is locked until it stops “Starting backup.” ---
**Author:** ![ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/ts678)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/starting-backup-for-hours-when-service-is-launched/9872/2 "2020-05-17T18:07:14Z")
> [@Beckfield](#): > > I didn’t want it competing with the scheduled backup > [@Beckfield](#): > > I didn’t tell it to start the backup, I just launched the service. If that means a scheduled backup was missed by stopping Duplicati, it’s considered a missed backup, and will run the next time Duplicati runs. At that time, Duplicati fills in the schedule for the _next_ backup. Though information is a little thin, that might explain the start but doesn’t by itself explain the slowness.