# The database has version 8 but the largest supported version is 7

**URL:** <https://forum.duplicati.com/t/the-database-has-version-8-but-the-largest-supported-version-is-7/5472>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 30, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/the-database-has-version-8-but-the-largest-supported-version-is-7/5472 "2018-11-30T15:41:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/JonMikelV)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/the-database-has-version-8-but-the-largest-supported-version-is-7/5472/4 "2018-11-30T16:23:35Z")

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There was definitely a database upgrade (or two) between those versions so despite what’s showing in your System info, my guess is somehow the update isn’t loading correctly so it’s falling back to the base version.

Per this post the easiest “fix” for that to do a full install on top of your existing install. This will effectively update your BASE version to whatever you install (I would assume 2.0.4.5).

> [@Wrong database version](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/wrong-database-version/88/2):
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> This happens because the update fails to load for some reason. When you start Duplicati after an update, it will use the update and this will upgrade the database version. When you restart the machine, the update fails to load and this causes it to fall back to the previous version, which does not support the new database version. I suggest uninstalling Duplicati and then installing the lastest version: [Duplicati](https://www.duplicati.com/download)

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