# This event loop is already running

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/this-event-loop-is-already-running/23988>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [January 27, 2020, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/this-event-loop-is-already-running/23988 "2020-01-27T07:19:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![aramu4509](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@aramu4509](https://forum.rasa.com/u/aramu4509)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/this-event-loop-is-already-running/23988/1 "2020-01-27T07:19:32Z")

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Getting below runtime error when I try to run my first RASA app. Please help me to fix this asap

File “C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\asyncio\base\_events.py”, line 425, in run\_forever raise RuntimeError(‘This event loop is already running’) RuntimeError: This event loop is already running

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**Author:** ![Eli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Eli](https://forum.rasa.com/u/Eli)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/this-event-loop-is-already-running/23988/3 "2020-01-27T22:13:10Z")

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Try the solution in this thread

> [@Error : This event loop is already running](http://forum.rasa.com/t/error-this-event-loop-is-already-running/24017):
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> I run rasa shell and I get the output below. I can type stuff in but when I press return the command line freezes. I have installed rasa as per the page [Installation](https://rasa.com/docs/rasa/user-guide/installation/). I am using Python 3.7 (after spending a lot of time trying to get it working with Python) PS C:\Program Files\rasa\> rasa shell --debug 2020-01-27 11:46:10 DEBUG rasa.model - Extracted model to ‘C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp24afqksa’. 2020-01-27 11:46:10 DEBUG rasa.cli.utils - Parameter ‘endpoints’ not set. Using defaul…