# Pycharm environment variables and license

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/pycharm-environment-variables-and-license/66751>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [April 12, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/pycharm-environment-variables-and-license/66751 "2025-04-12T13:20:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/pycharm-environment-variables-and-license/66751/1 "2025-04-12T13:20:42Z")

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Hi two days ago i used rasa as an api in my python code in pycharm ide. but now when i try to run it does’nt reconize its RASA\_PRO\_LICENSE.i had set the environment vars before and worked.but now it gives me errors. this is the error : rasa run --enable-api 2025-04-11 22:22:31 [error] license.validation.error error=LicenseEncodingException(‘Could not decode license as JWT.’) Failed to validate Rasa Pro license which was read from environmental variable `RASA_PRO_LICENSE`. Please ensure `RASA_PRO_LICENSE` is set to a valid license string. i cant get it to work.i hope u could share some ideas and help me with that

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