# Error when setting up ZAC

**URL:** <https://openziti.discourse.group/t/error-when-setting-up-zac/673>\
**Category:** General Questions\
**Created:** [July 23, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/error-when-setting-up-zac/673 "2022-07-23T20:02:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![brandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@brandi](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/brandi)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/error-when-setting-up-zac/673/1 "2022-07-23T20:02:48Z")

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Hey,

I’m trying to setup ZAC on my Oracle’s Ubuntu VM and I’m hitting the error below when starting it :

```auto
file:///home/ubuntu/.ziti/quickstart/instance-20220723-2134/ziti-console/server.js:36
	ziti = await loadModule('@openziti/ziti-sdk-nodejs')
	       ^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected reserved word
    at Loader.moduleStrategy (internal/modules/esm/translators.js:133:18)
    at async link (internal/modules/esm/module_job.js:42:21)

```

loadModule isnt a const taking an async lambda function, can’t figure out what might be the probleme in here.

Regards,  
Brandi

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**Author:** ![curt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/curt/32/6_2.png) [@curt](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/curt)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/error-when-setting-up-zac/673/2 "2022-07-23T22:31:31Z")

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Hi Brandi,

Can you tell me what version of NodeJS is active in your environment?

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**Author:** ![brandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@brandi](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/brandi)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/error-when-setting-up-zac/673/3 "2022-07-23T23:12:17Z")

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Hi curt,

It’s 8.5.1

Brandi

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**Author:** ![curt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/curt/32/6_2.png) [@curt](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/curt)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/error-when-setting-up-zac/673/4 "2022-07-23T23:41:08Z")

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Ah, we don’t support NodeJS versions that old. Can you upgrade to something in the v12 thru v18 range?

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**Author:** ![brandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@brandi](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/brandi)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/error-when-setting-up-zac/673/5 "2022-07-24T01:15:33Z")

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I’ve upgraded to v12.22.9, still have the same problem 😕

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**Author:** ![smilindave26](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openziti.discourse.group/smilindave26/32/185_2.png) [@smilindave26](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/smilindave26)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/error-when-setting-up-zac/673/6 "2022-07-24T01:47:27Z")

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I downgraded my `node` to v12.22.9 and see the same issue as Brandi. When I run with node v14.16.0 ZAC starts up with no issue.

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**Author:** ![brandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@brandi](https://openziti.discourse.group/u/brandi)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://openziti.discourse.group/t/error-when-setting-up-zac/673/7 "2022-07-24T02:02:44Z")

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> [@smilindave26](#):
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> v14.16.0

Switched to that version and it's working, thanks